Also there are the 5-15 and 5-18 fires which are about 3,000 acres apiece. The office warned of “erratic outflow wind gusts of 50 to 70 mph wind gusts, [and] frequent lightning.” The warning, the largest ever issued by that office, was six times larger than the state of Rhode Island. SCU Lightning Complex — Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin counties. This situation is unlikely to improve soon, based on the extraordinary heat predicted for this week. Jay C. Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 19 years. In our morning update on the fires, we discussed the various combinations of smaller fires that have been made by CalFire under "complex" names, which is going to continue to make this confusing. Most of the wildfires that started in the San Francisco Bay area in the last three days that escaped initial attack and were already large by Monday evening continued to grow into Monday night, according to heat data collected by a satellite at 2:48 a.m. PDT Tuesday. Click here. You've likely seen the news reports and heard all the alphanumeric names being thrown around (LNU, CZU, 15-10, Hennessey, Gamble), and yes, it feels like we're in yet another apocalypse. The fires have reportedly destroyed around 50 homes, and last night burned a mobile home park in the community of Spanish Flat on Lake Berryessa. As Kirkpatrick warned she would, she has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that her firing came after she had sought to challenge "corruption and abuse of power" by members of the city's police commission. There is competition for firefighting resources. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. With all the name changes the size is not clear, but it is likely 5,000 to 15,000 acres. Combined with winds that accompanied the storms with gusts of 50 to 70, very high temperatures, and a Red Flag Warning, there are so many fires now that they are difficult to track, at least from this writer’s vantage point. At least 16 fires north and south of Livermore are being managed as one “complex”, the SCU Lightning Complex. 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See the full list of evacuation orders and road closures here. Top image of the Hennessey Fire on Tuesday night by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. But just to get a handle on this: These fires are fairly spread out, some are worse/more threatening than others, and around 50 homes have been confirmed destroyed so far (that number may already be out-of-date), though thousands are threatened as winds are expected to pick up Wednesday evening. Typos, let us know HERE. Based on data from a satellite at 2:06 p.m. the Del Puerto Fire especially increased in size. In addition, there are still smaller fires and many of the original fire names are being used even though their perimeters may begin overlapping. CalFire is now combining the Walbridge and Meyers fires in western Sonoma county with the group of larger fires that began the same day, Monday, in eastern Napa County. The UAV is being used to assist with the mapping and fire strategy for operations. In total, CalFire is saying the CZU Complex has burned 10,000 acres as of Wednesday afternoon. Have a wildland fire news tip? Below is an inset of the approximately 25-acre Meyers Fire near the coast, northwest of Jenner. It was mapped at 1,161 acres. Most of the wildfires in the LNU Complex were very active Tuesday. Copyright © 2020 KGO-TV. Some of the cells passed through so quickly there was little chance for precipitation. Choose Fire Resistant Plants and Materials. The National Weather Service in San Francisco issued an unusually large severe thunderstorm warning that covered more than 7,000 square miles from Monterey Bay to the Bay Area and north into Napa Valley. After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire. Firefighters in some cases are being asked to work double shifts. This is the largest complex of fires currently burning, with 85,000 acres already burned, but remarkably, per CalFire, no structure damage has been reported so far. SCU is the CAL FIRE unit responsible for the counties of Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, western Stanislaus, and San Joaquin. What's being called the CZU Lightning Complex includes the 5-14 Fire east of Pescadero in San Mateo County — at Olmo Truck Trail and Butano Fire Road, which stands at about 3,000 acres and 0% containment; the Warrenella Fire near Cement Plant Road and Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County, which stands at 120 acres, and 5% containment; and the Waddell Fire near Old Coast Road Highway in Santa Cruz County which stood at 500 acres and 0% containment. 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The map below shows how hot spots have appeared south of the Walbridge fire close to the old-growth redwood grove in Armstrong Woods, near Guerneville. The Pier 45 fire in San Francisco is thankfully under control now, but there are still other fires in the state to follow. Outside of the South Bay area there are many other fires. Also there are the 5-15 and 5-18 fires which are about 3,000 acres apiece. The Del Puerto Fire, formerly part of the Canyon Zone Fires, is about 10 miles west of Patterson and about three miles northwest of Diablo Grande. Use rock, mulch, flower beds and gardens as ground cover for bare spaces and as effective firebreaks. Further north there are more than 60 fires combined in Butte and Napa Counties, for example. There is no cost, and in case you change your mind each email has an unsubscribe button. The temperature shot from around 80 to 100 degrees in the hours around sunrise. They are about 5 miles east of Pescadero. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Kincade Fire is burning more than 80 miles from San Francisco, but flames from the massive blaze were visible from the city at night. Fires that have been grouped into the CZU August Lightning Complex include the Waddle, 5-14, 5-15, and 5-18 Fires, plus other smaller fires. Get all the latest & greatest posts delivered straight to your inbox, Mapping All the Wildfires As They Stand In the Bay Area Right Now. The map above is an updated version of the one below. In total, CalFire is saying the CZU Complex has burned 10,000 acres as of Wednesday afternoon. The southern Bay Area has quite a few and there are others in the North Bay and Napa area. Some of the incident commanders placing orders for aircraft, dozers, engines, or crews are at times being told that a particular order can’t be filled at that time, or there may be a lengthy delay. Your email address will not be published. (To see all of the articles on Wildfire Today about the lightning-caused wildfires in California, including the most recent, click HERE.). Burners are madly coding away to create a suite of “Multiverse” experiences in lieu of their annual bacchanalia, but the feds are keeping an eye on whether some of them will just show up at the Black Rock Desert anyway. Below, a few maps for clarification (also see the updated 8/20 maps here): LNU Lightning Complex fires - Napa, Sonoma, and Solano counties. The Deer Zone Fire west of Los Vaqueros Reservoir was also active on the south side, but not to the same degree. The CSU Lightning Complex fires include a fire east of Mount Diablo originally called the Deer Fire — now the "Deer Zone" of the complex — the Marsh Fire northeast of Milpitas — now part of the "Calaveras Zone" of the fire — and a mass of fire straddling three counties to the east of that now called the "Canyon Zone."
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