[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (7/29/13-6:30PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
7/29	1830	Aspen Fire CA-SNF-1732 3.5 miles south of Mammoth Pool Reservoir and 6 miles northwest of Huntington Lake, Fresno County. 11,019 acres 20% contained South Central Sierra Incident Management Team (Cooper) is in command of the Aspen Fire The Inversion dissipated at 0900 hours this morning; this coupled with eastern winds led to increased fire activity during this operational period.Crews continued line construction and the establishment of anchor points to begin firing operations in the next several days.The VLAT was utilized for retardant application again today. Mountain Fire CA-BDF-10080 27,531 acres 99% contained.
7/29	1500	Light initial attack throughout the GACC today. Aspen Fire CA-SNF-1732 Fire has burned 11,019acres 20% containment. Today the inversion lifted earlier than it has in the past few days. Aircraft were able to start flying the fire this morning. Air tankers have been reinforcing the indirect line along Kaiser Ridge today. Precautionary evacuation of campgrounds and a summer camp west of the San Joaquin River on Forest Road 4S81was conducted today.
7/29	0730	Aspen Fire CA-SNF-1732 11,019 acres 20% containment Strong daytime inversion over the incident grounding aircraft remains. Mountain Fire CA-BDF-10080 27,531 acres 98% Containment

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

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