[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (8/25/13-8PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
	08/25	2000	Rim Fire, CA-STF-2857, Tuolumne County, 143,980 acres, 7% contained Approximately 17,000 acres of this fire are in Yosemite National Park. Southern Area Blue Team (Wilkins) is in Unified Command with CALFIRE (Lawshe). Fish Fire, CA-SQF-3295, Golden Trout Wilderness, Tulare County 1,100 acres, 7% contained Northern Arizona Type 2 team (Reidy) is the Incident Commander Gobblers Fire, CA-BDF-11417, San Bernardino County 407 acres, 87% contained. Southern California Incident Management Team 1 (Walker) is in command. Little Fire CA-BDF-11557, Riverside County,   100 acres, 10% Containment Incident Commander is ICT3 Anna Dinkle Windy Peak Fire CA-KNP-00013, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park 400 acres, 10% contained
	08/25	0815	Rim Fire, CA-STF-2857, Stanislaus National Forest. Tuolumne County Southern Area Blue Team (Wilkins) is in Unified Command with CALFIRE (Lawshe). 133,980 acres, 7% contained The incident is expected to continue to exhibit very large fire growth due to extremely dry fuels and inaccessible terrain. Rapid fire growth and extreme fire behavior are hampering suppression efforts. Fish Fire, CA-SQF-3295, Sequoia National Forest. Golden Trout Wilderness, Tulare County Southwest Incident Management Type 2 Team (Reidy) Assigned. Southwest Incident management Type 2 Team (Reidy) took control of the fire at 0600 hours today. 1,000 acres, 5% containment Fire behavior moderated during the night. Gobblers Fire, CA-BDF-11417, San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino County. 392 acres 83% contained Crews and aircraft are working hard to hold the fire in its current footprint. Mission Fire: CA-FHL-002679, Monterey County 4,500 acres, 100% contained.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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