[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (8/22/13-7:30AM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
08/22/2013	0730	CA-TNF American Fire: 16,812 acres, 60% contained. Expected containment 9/1/2013. IMT 1 (Opliger) Fire growth continues on the southeastern portion of the fire. The incident is also supporting the Forest in new Initial Attack requests. Community meeting planned this evening in Foresthill. CA-Corral Complex: 9,780 acres, 0% contained. Expected containment 10/1/2013. Unified Command (Joseph/Mendes) Fire was active above the thermal belt at the 4,000 foot elevation. The fire spotted approximately 1/2 mile to the west and became well established on the north aspect of Tish Tang Point. The thunderstorms in the area increased fire activity, but there were no significant outflow winds affecting the fire. Community meeting planned this evening. CA-SRF Butler Fire: 19,538 acres, 35% contained. Expected containment 9/15/2013. NIMO (Quisenberry). Fire behavior was moderated by measureable precipitation from passing thunderstorms. Fire continues to spread towards indirect containment lines. Spot fire has been contained and mop up will continue today to secure. Salmon River Road remains closed to public use. CA-PNF Hough Complex: 545 acres, 40% contained. Expected containment 8/24/2013. IMT 2 (Nunez). Fire activity moderated overnight. The fire area received over 100 lightning strikes during yesterday's operational shift. Several new starts were discovered last night, and more new starts are expected today. A community meeting was held last night in Taylorsville to inform residents on current conditions. Information from last night's IR flight is being evaluated today. CA-KNF Salmon River Complex: 14,325 acres, 95% contained. Expected containment today. IMT 2 (Waskoski). Creeping and smoldering in heavy fuels. Mop up and patrol continues. CA-BTU Swedes Fire: 2,462 acres, 95% contained. Expected containment today. CALFIRE IMT 1 (Zombro). Fire line suppression continues. Demobilization of excess resources continues. CA-SHU Burney LCA: 190 acres, 95% contained. Expected containment today. IMT 3 (Truax). Mop and patrol continues. Area received numerous lightning strikes during yesterday's operational shift. CA-LNF Murken Fire: 75 acres, 60% contained. Fire line construction and holding continues.

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

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