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Ranch Fire: 10/22 - Monday AM Update

High Wind Warning in effect until Tuesday 3pm. Weather Underground is reporting highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s, northeast winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to around 70 mph.

VC Fire Dept updated at 10:49am - the fire has burned 29,000 acres and is 10% contained. 653 personnel are assigned to the incident. All of Ventura County is experiencing extremely high amounts of smoke in the atmosphere. The smoke is primarily coming from the Ranch fire in the eastern part of the county and from the Canyon and Buckweed fires in Los Angeles County. Good news for access to resources: the Nightsky Incident in Santa Rosa Valley is 100% contained with full control expected by about 5 pm.

KVTA reports that Governor Arnold has declared a State of Emergency. Highway 126 is closed in both directions between Main Street in Piru and Chiquito Canyon in Santa Clarita. C Street is closed in Fillmore between Old Telegraph and Meadowlark. Piru Canyon and Halsey Canyon Roads are closed. Down in Malibu, Malibu Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway are both closed.

Inciweb's servers are getting hammered. They are reporting a Red Flag Warning in effect until 4 pm Tuesday for gusty northeast winds and low relative humidity. Strong northeast winds and low relative humidity will create conditions for extreme fire behavior through the day. Fire is expected to spread at a rapid rate with long range spotting. Most fire activity will be wind driven.

Posted by Tyler Suchman on October 22, 2007 10:51 AM | | | Ranch Fire: 10/22 - Monday AM Update

Comments (8)

I'm probably not the only one but fires bring to mind Ed Nemechek.
If I recall he made his first appearance on our pages when he pushed and pushed the "Supertanker" on us.
For all I know it may be a very valuable and critical approach.

I was driving around for a good part of the day and caught AM 1090 which comes out of San Diego area (it's usually a sports station). They were discussing the bureaucracy involved in getting the C-130s (is that the same as the Supertankers Ed was talking about?) to lay down retardant to fight the fire.
Looks like it's slated for tomorrow.

Comment #2 Posted by: El Anonimo | October 22, 2007 05:01 PM

slated for the ranch castaic fire? or the san diego ones?

Comment #3 Posted by: kate | October 22, 2007 06:03 PM

I'm quite certain they were talking about the San Diego area.

Comment #4 Posted by: El Anonimo | October 22, 2007 06:17 PM

From CalFire:
This fire has burned 41,000 acres since October 20 and is 10 percent contained. Fire is burning six miles north of Castaic in Los Angeles County. Evacuations continue in Chiquito Canyon, Hasley Canyon, Val Verde, Hopper Canyon and toward Filmore. Three homes and four outbuildings have been destroyed. 500 residences, 50 commercial properties and 50 outbuildings are currently threatened. 767 personnel are assigned including 80 CAL FIRE staff. Ranch Fire Information Line (626) 574-5208.


Comment #5 Posted by: Ginnys | October 22, 2007 08:36 PM

Concerning the C-130s - assignment location is unknown, but here is a link concerning the units/aircraft being assigned:
http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/7805/

Comment #6 Posted by: Ginnys | October 22, 2007 08:57 PM

Here's another link on the C-130s:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_er_cemaffs.php

I've still got my fingers crossed for Ojai, and am hoping I don't get a knock on my door tonight to evacuate. Geez 41K acres, means the Ranch has doubled today and is looking like a repeat of the Day. In Upper Ojai I'm not smelling heavy smoke yet, but this sure seems like a repeat of the last two fires (sigh).

Stay safe everyone, and I hope these monsters stay away. It's time that Ojai catches a break from all these fires.

Comment #7 Posted by: Ginnys | October 22, 2007 09:06 PM

Interesting op ed in today's LA Times entitled, "The fire last time. And the time before that.":
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-firecc23oct23,0,2580311,full.story?coll=la-opinion-center

Comment #8 Posted by: Lisa Snider | October 23, 2007 09:54 AM

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