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Yahoo!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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