I want to provide some updates on two wildfires that I wrote about recently.
Germann Rd. Fire (Douglas County WI): According the latest update (on May 15) on Inciweb, the fire was at 100 percent containment at 9 PM on May 15. Final acreage burned is 8,131 acres, and the likely cause of the fire was logging operations equipment.
Grand Fire (Kern and Ventura Counties CA): This fire has burned 4,358 acres and is 75 percent contained as of this morning's latest updates from Inciweb and CAL FIRE. Hungry Valley State Park and the Piru Creek Recreation Area remain closed this morning, and roads into both parks are still closed.
Note: Inciweb links are sometimes unresponsive due to high demand, if this happens try waiting and going back at a later time.
I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.
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