Wildfire News 2024

[Joe Schmoe]

The fire is moving southeast up the ridge to Telegraph peak and maybe south up to Mt Baldy ski resort.  Both of those maps look about 24 hours old.  The spot fires you see to the east, on the knob on the map, were visible on the camera about this time last night.  My guess is that they simply gave up on the run up to Telegraph peak.  If they did, I wanted to see them dropping retardant at the top of the ridge and they did not.

There is nothing in the air fighting the fire at the moment- night vision or otherwise.

[Elk]

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Wrightwood Fire Safe Council

#VistaFire (Lytle Creek) Information for the community of Wrightwood:
The Los Angeles County Fire Dept in partnership with Southern California Edison and in mutual aid to the San Bernardino National Forest are mobilizing the Quick Reaction Force  (QRF). The QRF is a group of four fire combat helicopters capable of nighttime flight operations. The QRF will be using Mountain High Resort as a water and/or retardant base to refill their helicopters in an effort to fight the Vista Fire which started in the  Lytle Creek area.

This water and/or retardant base could be in operation as soon as overnight tonight July 7th into July 8th. You can expect to see and hear helicopters in the Wrightwood and Big Pines area.

There is currently no immediate threat to our community.

The Wrightwood Fire Safe Council would like to extend our thanks to all of our Fire Fighting Partners for their continued efforts to protect our communities and provide open communication to the benefit of our residents.

The Wrightwood Fire Safe Council has been informed that LA Co Fire is not in mutual aid at this time but has offered support should San Bernardino NF ask for assistance.

[Joe Schmoe]

One of Coulson's/SCE's night vision helicopters just arrived with a coordination plane.  Hard to tell, but I think they are doing both infrared mapping and a water drop or two at the top of the Devil's backbone. 

https://www.flightradar24.com/N76CG/360e7d12
https://www.flightradar24.com/N840TW/360ec841

[Wrightwood]

[Wrightwood]

kmz file for those that have Google Earth

http://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/fires/Vista/20240709_Vista_IR.kmz

[Wrightwood]

San Bernardino National Forest
@SanBernardinoNF

7m
#VistaFire July 9, 2024,
Moring Update:
1,095 acres with 0% containment. Total Personnel assigned to the fire is 360.

[tcaarabians]

10:20am, 7/9

Air drops seem to be focusing on the NW flank right now.  The wind is supposed to shift to SE later today.

https://www.flightradar24.com/N9125M/3610c26e

[Wrightwood]

Another camera view from Sunset Peak
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=34.1902_-117.7007_10&id=Axis-Sunset1



https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=34.2595_-117.3601_10&id=Axis-BaileyPeak1



https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=34.2754_-117.5867_10&id=Axis-SanSevaine1

[Wrightwood]

Air attack requesting five type 1 tankers to the fire

[Wrightwood]

Air attack requesting two VLAT's to the fire

[Wrightwood]

Aircraft types

[Wrightwood]

Live Webcam from Goldmine Peak in the San Bernardino Mountains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIWrkzWykZg

[Wrightwood]

Date: 7-9-2024 Time: 9:00 am

Size: 1,095 acres Containment: 0% Total Personnel: 360 Structures Threatened: 105 Start Date & Time: 7-7-24 9:51 am Cause: Under Investigation Location: Southside of Lytle Creek Unified Command Agencies: California Incident Management Team 15, San Bernardino County Fire Dept.

This morning, California Complex Incident Management Team 15 assumed command of the Vista Fire in unified command with the San Bernardino County Fire Department. The fire is now 1,095 acres, 0% contained. Overnight, the fire moderated below the thermal belt area; firefighters worked throughout the night constructing indirect handlines where it was safe to do so. Today, crews will look for opportunities to go direct with hand and dozer line while utilizing air resources to slow the uphill progression and cool hotspots on the flanks.

Respectfully,
Gustavo "Gus" Bahena
Public Affairs Specialist
Forest Service
San Bernardino National Forest
p: 909-382-2711
c: 909-659-5835
gustavo.bahena@usda.gov
602 S. Tippecanoe Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92408
www.fs.usda.gov

[Joe Schmoe]

Air attack requesting two VLAT's to the fire

Perhaps it should be clarified if their requests are actually going to be accommodated.  Only one fixed-wing aircraft, tanker 911 (love that name) is on site, and it just arrived.

[CaptureCom]

Good news.  It would appear that our requests for resources are being addressed.  The following aircraft have been making drops this morning/afternoon:
TKR101
TKR137
TKR163
TKR01
TKR03
TKR05
....and VLAT TKR911

[Wrightwood]

From X (formerly Twitter)
DanielFireCopter
@DanielFireTruck
#VistaFire CalFire Intel 641 has mapped the fire at 1,295 acres.

[Wrightwood]

#VistaFire now requesting the 4 LAT’s to come back out. Holding the VLAT’s

[Wrightwood]

Looks like Tanker 910 is dropping a load

[tcaarabians]

And here comes a 737.

[Joe Schmoe]

#VistaFire now requesting the 4 LAT’s to come back out. Holding the VLAT’s

I'd really love to know what the decision-making process is here.