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Small wildfire in Fresno County contained after lightning strikeFresno County CA

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Fresno County, CA

A small wildfire started by a lightning strike is burning on a west-facing slope in Fresno County. The fire covers about 0.3 acres with minimal flames and creeping fire behavior. Firefighters are containing the fire, and there is a potential for it to grow to one to three acres. Road 200 is closed for one to two hours for investigation. A landing zone for air resources has been identified, and crews remain on site to monitor the situation.

Audio|Source: Air Attack (A/G) Fresno CalFire - Sierra Forest Net
07:12
Transcript:
00:00
Garnet communication, Ambo 1.202 attacking the off the FTC.
00:11
Ambo calling Garnet communication. Is that ANO 1202-0?
00:17
A-BORM A-BORM A-BO-120.
00:23
Vacation copies AMBO 120 in route to ICP[1] 1728.
00:35
When you're ready to copy.
00:39
Go ahead with the size of them.
00:43
A flat long is going to steer and made a queue.
00:50
Fire is a 10th of an acre burning in a lightning struck tree with dust and creeping fire behavior with a minimal flame link. Break.
01:03
Fire is burning on a west aspect on the upper third of the slope.
01:07
Break.
01:11
With adjacent fuels being heavy timber and dust.
01:14
Howdy copy?
01:21
3 tenth of an acre burning in dust creeping minimal flame length on a west aspect upper third of the slope adjacent steel type heavy timber and dust you repeat the updated lot long please
01:41
want me to provide free
01:51
Additionally, I want to add a potential on that size up.
01:54
I'd say one to three acres.
01:59
For copy. Potential, one to three acres.
02:04
Additionally, Sierra, we do have a potential landing spot.
02:07
If I could get approval for that, I have a lat long.
02:12
With a lat long for the potential landing spot.
02:26
1 8 degrees 54 decimal 283. How do you copy?
02:36
5202cobiles potential landing spot 37 degrees 4.622 by 1118 degrees 54.28.
02:45
That's a good copy, Sierra.
02:53
The Sierra engine 382 has been released, returning north fork.
02:59
Yeah, copies released, returning North Fork, 1731.
03:04
And be advised here, Road 200 is going to be closed for one to two hours for investigation.
03:11
Copies, Road 200, closed for investigation, one to two hours.
03:29
Yeah, I ram, I got you there a little scratch.
03:31
I copied most of your size up there.
03:35
I'll get the latin long for the LZ[2] from dispatch.
03:39
And I did copy potential as one to three acres.
03:43
What's an estimate on that is that next 24 to 40 hours? I'm just kind of curious on if the deuce is worth of squeeze with the amount of moisture that petition might be coming in. He's trying to get an idea, take the picture better for me.
03:57
And additionally,
03:59
the Lightning Struct 3, does it have any fire in it?
04:03
Tango,
04:09
go ahead for Gurnack communication.
04:12
TANGO,
04:14
go ahead for a GERNAC communication.
04:15
Do you know from 520? Yes, so B3 itself does not have any smoke at this time coming out the top.
04:29
Very minimal ground.
04:31
Ground flame.
04:33
Probably one foot at the max.
04:37
Break.
04:44
To be wet, as far as the potential,
04:48
we're going to, we were going a little big on the one to three.
04:53
From our,
04:55
what we can see,
04:56
we think,
04:57
you know, it's not urgent to get in there at the moment,
05:02
but however, we're available to do so if needed.
05:12
Of course you, I copy that.
05:15
Sounds like it's not an attention emergency.
05:18
One or three, it sounds like it's a bigger potential going bigger staying there. So, yeah, let me get back to you and just do some circles in the air there I ram and I'll get back to here in about five minutes.
05:35
Yeah, that's a good copy, Ridge.
05:37
And yeah, we'll burn off some fuel here just in case you want us to lander repellent.
05:45
And if you haven't done so already, if you can gather some tips from the air there?
05:52
That's good copy. We'll get some pictures for you.
06:06
I'd like to call the foster instant and contain breaks.
06:13
I'd like to release Control 42, 1231,
06:17
and so, like to time,
06:20
50 minutes, cool, who will make you, keep your way by.
06:23
Richard.
06:26
EPA, two hours.
06:32
Sir, ICS here, coming across a low volume confirming hazardry has been mitigated on the ground with line completed around it, calling the incident contained, releasing Patrol 42 and Patrol 31, and we'll be remaining on scenes another 50 minutes to reassess.
06:50
That's a good copy here.
06:52
Additionally,
06:53
probably he just has to stay on.
06:57
Sorry, see, if you're confirming, like, dispatch is down until 2000?
07:06
Yes, a good copy, Sierra.
07:09
If you get down here,
07:10
we can notify you and then follow the door.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
ICP: Incident Command Post
[2]
LZ: Landing Zone (for helicopter)

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