Investigators Comb Fire Scene for Evidence

Ray, tx for the info and pushpins.
What is the timestamp for the fire perimiter you posted around 11:15 Thur am. You best "current estimate" or as of last night sometime?
At 0100h the bearing from the corner of Kellogg and C'Oaks to the very active SW corner of the fire was about 310 deg True -- consistent with your map. But judging from fire engine headlights, at the same time the fire was 15- to 300 yds above the cat road that follows that portion of your maps border. The western border of your map is consistent with my observation from SBA at 2300h last night. So by now, it may be closer to the Fairview line. Inciweb finally updated at 1230 pm, but still no map. I'm heading out for a look. I may stop by the S.O.

Great - we were curious how the fire got the name "GAP". Thanks Ray!

This is a bit confusing since the shooting area now called the Glass Factory is over on East Camino Cielo. This must be referring to its former location.

Great map, Ray, thanks.

That's an odd caption for the photo showing the fire investigators searching for clues. For a place purportedly being "the point where the Gap Fire began" it appears remarkably free from even the slightest trace of fire damage.

As usual, excellent fire coverage that's unavailable from any other local news outlet. Thanks!

My observation suggests the fire first concentrated above Bartlett Canyon, west of the Playground. There are no official trails here but there was a lot of active trail cutting the past year or so for reasons unknown. These originate below West Camino Cielo from the Windermere Ranch all the way west to Lizards Mouth. Hikers and climbers use several older ones in the area heading downhill, such as from Lizards Mouth to McCoy Canyon, going over the hill with the wooden shack to some boulders, down to the Brickyard bouldering area and Arrowhead Springs and finally the other more popular one into the Playground. Arrowhead Springs, a well known Chumash art site, appears to be close to ground zero. The more recent unofficial trail work ran in many directions for no apparent purpose. The only shooting area east of the Winchester Gun Club used to be above the Brickyard a long time ago and then moved to east of La Cumbre Peak, as noted here, and miles away from the Gap fire origin.

The earliest usages of "GAP Fire" had GAP as shown, all upper case, which would normally indicate an acronym. Since it was initially characterized as affecting the Glen Annie-La Patera area, it seems logical that GAP came from _G_len _A_nnie _P_atera... Windy Gap wasn't mentioned at all, that I saw, in the first day or so...