Station Fire Update 9-2
The fire in the Angeles National Forest has now burned over 140,150 acres and at least 62 structures and cost about $21 million. It is 22% contained.
The Station Fire started off Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2) about one mile above Angeles Crest Fire Station around 3:30pm [PDT]Wednesday August 26, 2009.
Two Los Angeles County firefighters have died in a motor vehicle accident escaping a burnover. In addition there have been 6 others injured.
Currently there are 44 hand crews, 399 engines, 43 water tenders, 48 dozers, 11 air tankers, 13 helicopters, and 4,735 total personnel assigned to the fire.
The aircraft now include the 747 Supertanker [20,000 gallons], Tanker 910 [DC-10 12,000 gallons], Mars Hawaii Superscooper [7,200 gallons], and two Canadair 415 water scoopers [1,600 gallons] from the Province of Quebec.
Links: InciWeb, LA Times, KTLA, and Pasadena Star-News
Maps: LA Times fire map, the Enplan Wildfire Viewer, and the Weather Underground Smoke Map.
Note: The Mount Wilson webcam is down, probably a loss of communications lines due to the fire.
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They believe the fire to be human caused.
http://laist.com/2009/09/02/station_fire_reportedly_human_cause.php
I sort of assumed that because it started by the road. Catalytic converters are unbelievably hot, and if you drive through high grass, or there is litter, you can start a fire. Sparks from bottoming out on a rock. Using almost any kind of equipment. And there’s always the perverts who get off starting fires.
It’s now headed toward Monrovia and Sierra Madre. Two great little foothill communities that I frequented in my time down there.
We are getting alot of smoke (and some ash) all the way up here in Santa Bar-B-Que.
Aug/Sept aren’t even our hottest months here either. Oct. tends to be the scorcher month.
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The scariest news item of the day (IMHO)
The state has spent $106.5 million of its $182 million emergency firefighting fund – just two months into the fiscal year, Department of Finance spokesman H.D. Palmer said.
http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/2153382.html?mi_rss=Latest%20News&v=twitter
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The Wunder smoke map shows huge amounts of smoke available to share with the world, and the upper level winds will do it.
The air force for this fire doesn’t come cheap, but a lot of it will be coming out of the Federal budget. Having said that, we need another stimulus bill and include some money for the states in it.