The Sacramento Bee reported that Wednesday CAL FIRE transferred 30 fire engines from the Dixie Fire to the Caldor Fire due to a greater need at the time.
Fire personnel state that the limited number of resources available presents a significant challenge. No chance of rain.įire resources assigned to the fire Wednesday evening included 11 hand crews, 61 engines, 20 dozers, 10 water tenders, and no helicopters for a total of 601 personnel. Friday will be about the same, but with winds out of the southwest. It predicts 6 to 10 mph winds in the afternoon out of the west-northwest, temperature 85 degrees, and relative humidity in the high teens. The forecast for the fire area at 4,700′ Thursday could lead to more active fire behavior than on Wednesday. The relative humidity was in the 40s, pretty high for California in the summer, which limited the movement of the fire. Wednesday afternoon the speed was 4 to 6 mph with gusts at 8 to 12 mph. This accounts for the spread to the northeast. Wednesday with the exception of a few hours very early Thursday morning. The wind at a weather station northwest of the fire on Pleasant Valley Road (Placer) has been recording winds from the southwest since 11 a.m. Many structures have been destroyed, including in Grizzly Flats, but evaluation teams have not yet been able to get into the burned areas and report the details.Ī large number of spot fires on the northeast side near Morrison and Pilliken are in the process of merging to form a large finger of fire two miles south of Kyburtz. The size reported by the Incident Management Team Wednesday evening was 62,000 acres. mapping flight it was still completely south of Highway 50 except for a spot fire that was suppressed at the highway near Riverton seven miles east of Pollock Pines. Most of the growth Wednesday was on the northeast side. The Caldor Fire east of Placerville, California was active Wednesday but not nearly to the degree seen on Tuesday when it ran for miles to the northeast. The brown areas had extreme heat Wednesday evening. The red dots represent heat detected by a satellite at 1:45 a.m. The green line was the perimeter 24 hours earlier. The white line was the perimeter at 8:20 p.m. It is 18 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe.ġ0:02 a.m. The Caldor Fire has not moved much closer to Highways 50 and 88. To see all articles on Wildfire Today about the Caldor Fire, including the most recent, click HERE. An aircraft detected a small amount of growth on the northwest and southeast sides, but the fire was more active around the spot fires northeast of the main fire. The map above shows in red the areas of intense heat at 6:44 p.m. It was mapped at 68,630 acres Thursday afternoon. 19, 2021.įire behavior on the Caldor Fire was moderated most of the day Thursday by an inversion, but activity picked up after 3 p.m. The red areas represent heat detected by an aircraft at 6:44 p.m.
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