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Barnes Daily Fire Update September 10, 2022

Acres: 5,703 acres | Containment: 0% | Total personnel: 294

Start Date: September 7, 2022, | Cause: Lightning| Location: 2 miles east of Willow Ranch, CA and 2 miles west of Fort Bidwell, CA Fuels: Timber, Brush, Litter, & Understory
 

Highlights: Yesterday the Barnes Fire remained active with much of the activity driven by East Winds. A spot across County Rd 9 was actively engaged by air resources included 4 very large air tankers (VLATs) and ground crews. Firefighters are going direct where conditions allow on the top of Fandango Peak/Pass area. Dozers, Engines, and Aircraft continue to find footholds to anchor on. The winds and steep inaccessible terrain have been in alignment which have combined to create volatile conditions. California Interagency incident management Team One with Incident Commander Jerry McGowan arrived on the fire on Thursday evening 9/08/2022 and assumed command of the fire last night at 1900.

A Community Meeting is being planned for Sunday night.

Operations: Today, heavy equipment and hand-crews will continue direct line construction (next to the fires edge) where feasible. We continue to have aerial support with both helicopters and fixed winged assets that have been dropping both fire retardant and water to aid the ground resources. Firefighter’s will continue strengthening the controls lines established over the last three days.   

Evacuations: The Modoc County Sherriff’s Office has issued a MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR COUNTY ROAD 133C TO HWY 395 COUNTY ROAD 9 from 1807 CR 9 to 133C - All residents affected were notified in person.  The greater EVACUATION ZONE MCU-028 (residents in the area of the Buck Creek Guard Station) was moved yesterday to WARNING. Continued evacuation warning issued for ZONE MCU-035 in the Fort Bidwell Community and outlying areas. Residents should be ready to evacuate at any moment. Residents needing extra time to evacuate should take this opportunity to leave now. This is strictly voluntary. Be alert to rapidly changing conditions and follow County recommendations. Residents can check Zonehaven AWARE (sign up for real time updates). Zones will be updated as the incident changes. If you don’t KNOW YOUR ZONE, type your address in the site (use the QR Code) before and it will give you your zone and any conditions noted. For more information visit the Modoc County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page. Road Closures: A road closure is in effect including County Rd 9 at County Rd 133C and County Rd. 2  Evacuation Center: Modoc Fairground in CedarvilleWeather: Slightly cooler conditions are expected over the weekend. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80’s. Minimum humidity will be in the 8 to 12 percent range. Winds will be 3-6 mph out of the east until 1200 then 2-5 mph out of the south to southwest late into the afternoon. Ridgetop wind gusts will be up to 18 mph. 

Closures: County Rd 9 is closed at County Rd 133C and County Rd 133C to Hwy 395, these closures will support public safety by keeping public members out of the hazardous burn areas and will allow firefighting resources to combat the fire without public interference.

 

AlertWildfire Camera: Click here to view a camera pointed at the east side of the fire: https://tinyurl.com/49erCamera

Smoke: Fire and Smoke air map available https://fire.airnow.gov/

Information Line: 530-629-6101

Incident Email: 2022.barnes@gmail.com

@ ModocNF