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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/16/2010 07:39 AM
Updated by: thepinetree on 09/16/2010 11:20 AM
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Fire Update...Crews Working Fire in Mi Wuk Area...10:07am Forward Progress Stopped...Releasing Some Aircraft
Mi Wuk, CA...Crews are working a several acre vegetation fire in the Mi Wuk area. They are still calling in additional water tenders at this time. No structures are threatened at this time. More to to follow...Update as of 8:15am on what is being called the Shilo Incident. The fire is 5-6 acres; units from multiple agencies and aircraft out of Columbia and also from the Forest Service are on scene. Additional units are inbound and there are also several "Move Up And Cover" orders to reposition engines to maintain coverage in other areas. 8:45am Update...Hard work by the crews on the ground and retardant drops by the tankers are keeping the fire from gaining in size. It is still holding in the 5-6 acre range with no structures threatened... Update as of 9:10am from Lisa Williams at CAL-FIRE...Some of the acreage estimates are coming in at under the 5 acre range down in the 2 acre range. Update as of 10:07am..They are reporting that forward progress has stopped and they are releasing some of the aircraft. Update as of 11:19am...Fire entering mop up phase. Fire GPS'ed at 3.3acres. Great job everyone....
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