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Zaca Fire Morning Update

Containment: 65% contained - 171,750 acres


Saturday, August 18, 2007
By CAL FIRE
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Last Updated: August 18, 2007 7:30 am

Date/Time Started: July 4, 2007 10:53 am

Administrative Unit: Los Padres National Forest / Santa Barbara County Fire

County: Santa Barbara

Location: 15 miles NE of Buellton

Acres Burned: 171,750 acres

Containment: 65% contained - 171,750 acres

Full containment expected on September 7, 2007.

Structures Destroyed: 1 outbuilding destroyed

Threatened: 483 homes, 6 commercial buildings and 102 outbuildings threatened

Evacuations: Please call 805-961-5770 for current information on evacuations.

Injuries: 29

Cause: Human

Cooperating Agencies: Santa Barbara County Fire, Los Angeles County Fire, Ventura County Fire, California Highway Patrol, American Red Cross

Total Fire Personnel: 2,963 (800 CAL FIRE)

Fire crews: 74 (29 CAL FIRE)

Engines: 116 (15 CAL FIRE)

Airtankers: 8 CAL FIRE

Helicopters: 22

Dozers: 37 (6 CAL FIRE)

Water tenders: 79

Costs to date: $78.9 million

Major Incident Command Team: Unified Command

Conditions: The fire is burning in extremely steep and rugged terrain with continuous heavy fuel loading.

An evacuation notice was issued last night for East Camino Cielo Road from Gibraltar east to the Ventura County line. The Paradise Road and Santa Ynez River Recreation remain under an evacuation warning, open to residents only.CHP has closed Hwy 33, except to residents.

PLEASE CALL 805-961-5770 FOR THE MOST CURRENT EVACUATION AND FIRE INFORMATION.

Phone Numbers (805) 961-5770 (Zaca Fire Information)

All the infomation in this update, and many more resources, are available at California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.

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This morning's report on the county fire website has references to Dialog (Diablo?) canyon, the Foggily (Ogilvy?) ranch, Agoura Alienate (Agua Caliente?) canyon, the Mantilla (Matilija) wilderness...earlier, the Hildreth jeepway was referred to as the Children jeepway, but someone corrected that. Are they using voice recognition software to input the updates? It's okay for those of us who know the territory, but others must be scratching their heads trying to find those places on a map. Maybe someone who knows how to contact Eli Iskow could let him know.

Also stopped at the info kiosk at the Mission this morning and the current (Aug 18) update showed the fire at 103,000 acres and 82% containment. No idea where those numbers could have come from.

I'm sure the people responsible for keeping the public informed are fighting fatigue, but someone needs to proofread the info before it gets released.

mtndriver (anonymous profile)
August 18, 2007 at 11:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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