[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (05/26/11-PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
5/26	1400	Buttermilk CA-INF-00421 Buttermilk Mountain area, North of Hwy 168 and Southwest of Bishop, CA Inyo Co. Fire has burned 200 acres of brush / grass and is 100 % contained (FRA) remaining assigned resources will committed for a few days
05/26	0830	Buttermilk CA-INF-00421 Buttermilk Mountain area, North of Hwy 168 and Southwest of Bishop, CA Inyo Co. Fire has burned 250 acres of brush and is 50 % contained (FRA) No active fire overnight. Ground resources made good progress in line construction Major concerns is completion of line construction mopping up hot spots prior to winds surfacing late this afternoon   Current Temp 50°F Humidity: 22% Wind: Calm Gust 7 mph.
05/25	1800	Buttermilk CA-INF-00421 Fire is in Single Command (INF) and is 100% FRA DPA Fire has burned 100-150 acres of brush and was wind driven. No estimated containment as yet.  Fire is burning away from the Community of Starlight and no threat to structures. Incident began on private property (DWP) within Federal DPA (Inyo NF) Winds have died down. Ground resources are making good progress in line construction Firefighters are cautiously optimistic in containment some time later this evening.
05/25	1400	Buttermilk CA-INF-000421 N/W of Hwy 168 near Bishop, Inyo County. Incident is Unified Command with INF & CALFIRE Fire now 75-100 acres of brush (FRA) ROS with fire spotting FWX 82 °F Partly cloudy RH 24% Wind 15.0 mph from WSW Gust 22.0 mph Preparing for some possible evacuations as there is a significant increase in population due to Community event "Mule Days" www.bishopweather.com

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

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