Guiberson Fire [Ventura County] 9-25
The fire has burned 17,500 acres of mostly grassland and is 75% contained. The high temperatures and low humidity weather conditions continue, but the winds are dying down. One outbuilding has been destroyed.
In additional to farms and ranches, the fire threatened oil production fields, five 220-kilovolt power lines, and a 36-foot above-ground gas line.
The fire started at approximately 10:33 AM PDT on 22 September south of Guiberson Road in Ventura County. Probable cause is suspected spontaneous combustion of mulch at a ranch.
There have been 9 reported injuries among firefighters.
Currently the resources are being reduced to 200 engines, 54 hand crews, 21 bulldozers, 23 water tenders, 10 helicopters, 2 air tankers, and 2,000 personnel assigned to the fire. To date cost $6.0 million. Containment is anticipated this weekend.
Links: Cal Fire Guiberson Fire page, the Enplan Wildfire Viewer, the LA Times Wildfires Page, and their Guiberson Fire Map.
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The Station Fire is still going and they don’t know when they’ll put it out.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/station-fire-containment-delayed-indefinitely.html
They have spot fires burning in the backwoods and they can’t get to them, so they drop retardant around them to contain them.
They should have total containment shortly as they are at 98%, but it may require rains to actually put the fire out. Until that happens, every windy day is a danger.
The Guiberson Fire was a lot easier to fight because of the access and the light fuels. The Station Fire provided a lot of slow burning wood to turn to embers.