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SAT JUL 18, 2026, 11:01 AM VEGETATION FIRE LUCERNE VALLEY LUCERNE VALLEY INCIDENT NAME: SAPPHIRE (STOPPED AT 19 ACRES) CACDD-10014 MTZ/BDC/83A SAT 11:25AM WE HAVE A FULLY-INVOLVED STRUCTURE FIRE WITH AN EXPOSURE TO OTHER STRUCTURES. ALSO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF VEGETATION BURNING AND HEADED TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. WELL BE IN THE ATTACK MODE. STANDBY FOR 360 OF THE STRUCTURE.
SAT 11:40AM STRUCTURE FIRE IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING KNOCKED DOWN. UNITS REPORT VEGETATION FIRE IS 2 ACRES WITH A MODERATE RATE OF SPREAD. POTENTIAL FOR 10 ACRES.
SAT 11:52AM BERDU, AIR ATTACK ONE TWO, JUST ARRIVED ON SCENE. GOT IT AT THREE ACRES, MODERATE RATE OF SPREAD. THERE IS STRUCTURES IN THE AREA WITH POTENTIAL FOR FIFTEEN ACRES. WELL BE ASSUMING SAPPHIRE AIR ATTACK. TANKERS ENROUTE INCLUDE AN S2 AND C130 MAFFS. SAT 12:27PM LUCERNE VALLEY SAPPHIRE INCIDENT UPDATE: 5 ACRES, 0% CONTAINMENT. SLOW TO MODERATE RATE OF SPREAD. 2 STRUCTURES LOST. SEVERAL STRUCTURES THREATENED. BIG BEAR BRUSH ENGINE 281 IS HEADING TO THE INCIDENT AS PART OF A STRIKE TEAM FOR STRUCTURE PROTECTION. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT ARE ALSO WORKING THIS FIRE. SMOKE MAY BE VISIBLE FROM THE MOUNTAINS. SAT 12:31PM PER SAPPHIRE IC - FIRE IS BOXED IN WITH ROADS AND RETARDANT LINES. FIRE IS HOLDING AT THIS TIME. SAT 12:36PM UPDATE FROM SAPPHIRE IC. AIR ATTACK SAYING THE VEGETATION FIRE IS ABOUT 2.5 ACRES AND THE FIRE IS HOLDING ON ROADS AS WELL AS RETARDANT LINES AROUND MOST OF THE FIRE. LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL. WE DO HAVE 2 STRUCTURES THAT BURNED TO THE GROUND AT THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE FIRE LOCATION. SAT 02:05PM SAPPHIRE FIRE UPDATE 1:39PM (AREA 83A) - FORWARD RATE OF SPREAD STOPPED AT 19 ACRES AND IS 50% CONTAINED. STRUCTURE THREATS HAVE BEEN MITIGATED. THREAT TO BLM LAND HAS BEEN MITIGATED. FIRE IS 100% SRA (STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA). UNITS WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE CONTAINMENT LINES AND BEGIN MOP-UP OPERATIONS.
- CALIFORNIA DESERT DISTRICT UNITS RESPONDING: USFS (BDF) NOTES: INCIDENT WEATHER: 88 DEGREES WITH 45% HUMIDITY. WINDS NNW AT 2 MPH. PRECIP: CLEAR SKY
FIRE STARTED AS A FULLY INVOLVED STRUCTURE FIRE THAT SPREAD INTO THE VEGETATION SURROUNDING THE STRUCTURE. (SOCALMOUNTAINS.COM CAD v13.1)
DISPOSITION: SAT 02:05PM SAPPHIRE FIRE UPDATE 1:39PM (AREA 83A) - FORWARD RATE OF SPREAD STOPPED AT 19 ACRES AND IS 50% CONTAINED. STRUCTURE THREATS HAVE BEEN MITIGATED. THREAT TO BLM LAND HAS BEEN MITIGATED. FIRE IS 100% SRA (STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA). UNITS WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE CONTAINMENT LINES AND BEGIN MOP-UP OPERATIONS.
SAT JUL 18 2:05 PM SAPPHIRE FIRE UPDATE 1:39PM (AREA 83A) - FORWARD RATE OF SPREAD STOPPED AT 19 ACRES AND IS 50% CONTAINED. STRUCTURE THREATS HAVE BEEN MITIGATED. THREAT TO BLM LAND HAS BEEN MITIGATED. FIRE IS 100% SRA (STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA). UNITS WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE CONTAINMENT LINES AND BEGIN MOP-UP OPERATIONS.
SOURCE: SCANNER REPORTER:SCMALERT SAT JUL 18 12:36 PM UPDATE FROM SAPPHIRE IC. AIR ATTACK SAYING THE VEGETATION FIRE IS ABOUT 2.5 ACRES AND THE FIRE IS HOLDING ON ROADS AS WELL AS RETARDANT LINES AROUND MOST OF THE FIRE. LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL. WE DO HAVE 2 STRUCTURES THAT BURNED TO THE GROUND AT THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE FIRE LOCATION. SOURCE: SCANNER REPORTER:SCMALERT SAT JUL 18 12:31 PM PER SAPPHIRE IC - FIRE IS BOXED IN WITH ROADS AND RETARDANT LINES. FIRE IS HOLDING AT THIS TIME. SOURCE: SCANNER REPORTER:SCMALERT SAT JUL 18 12:27 PM LUCERNE VALLEY SAPPHIRE INCIDENT UPDATE: 5 ACRES, 0% CONTAINMENT. SLOW TO MODERATE RATE OF SPREAD. 2 STRUCTURES LOST. SEVERAL STRUCTURES THREATENED. BIG BEAR BRUSH ENGINE 281 IS HEADING TO THE INCIDENT AS PART OF A STRIKE TEAM FOR STRUCTURE PROTECTION. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT ARE ALSO WORKING THIS FIRE. SMOKE MAY BE VISIBLE FROM THE MOUNTAINS. SOURCE: SCANNER REPORTER:SCMALERT SAT JUL 18 11:52 AM BERDU, AIR ATTACK ONE TWO, JUST ARRIVED ON SCENE. GOT IT AT THREE ACRES, MODERATE RATE OF SPREAD. THERE IS STRUCTURES IN THE AREA WITH POTENTIAL FOR FIFTEEN ACRES. WELL BE ASSUMING SAPPHIRE AIR ATTACK. TANKERS ENROUTE INCLUDE AN S2 AND C130 MAFFS. SOURCE: SCANNER REPORTER:SCMALERT SAT JUL 18 11:40 AM STRUCTURE FIRE IS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING KNOCKED DOWN. UNITS REPORT VEGETATION FIRE IS 2 ACRES WITH A MODERATE RATE OF SPREAD. POTENTIAL FOR 10 ACRES.
SOURCE: SCANNER REPORTER:SCMALERT SAT JUL 18 11:25 AM WE HAVE A FULLY-INVOLVED STRUCTURE FIRE WITH AN EXPOSURE TO OTHER STRUCTURES. ALSO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF VEGETATION BURNING AND HEADED TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. WELL BE IN THE ATTACK MODE. STANDBY FOR 360 OF THE STRUCTURE.
SOURCE: SCANNER REPORTER:SCMALERT SCANNER AUDIO IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THIS HOUR
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Aloha Kakahiaka, Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope everyone stays cool as possible and hydrates more than usual this weekend. To those of you with no a/c, like myself here in LM, close all those windows before that big yellow thing in the sky starts imposing itself on your indoor temperature. For those with a/c, God bless you! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Uncle John over in BBC, #69 today!
Can anyone share an actual map of today's Tour de Big Bear ROAD rides? We have friends coming up from various directions, and I don't want them caught up in that crap if there are ways around it. Thx
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