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Windy Fire Update, October 6, 2021, evening recap
Windy Fire
Publication Type: News 10/06/2021
Current Situation: Wednesday evening, October 6, 2021 (also posted on Sequoia National Forest's Facebook page)
The #WindyFire is currently estimated to be 97, 514 acres (a 55-acre increase from Wednesday morning’s reported acreage). Containment is 75 percent.
Crews working on the contained areas of the fire continued to monitor, patrol, and extinguish lingering hotspots along and near the firelines. They are also removing excess equipment and supplies from the dozer lines and handlines, returning it to the base camps where they will be accounted for before being shipped to the national supply cache.
On the southeast side of the fire between Tobias Creek and Ant Canyon, hotshot crews spent another day, in coordination with air resources, suppressing the uncontained fire’s edge both directly and indirectly. Hotshot crews and helicopters also focused on suppressing areas of heat on the uncontained fire’s edge on the west side south of the Tule River Indian Reservation. The firing operation on the Reservation was completed early this afternoon, and crews have been mopping hotspots and securing the fireline.
Where the fire burned along the Western Divide Highway (M107) and Parker Pass Road (M50), felling crews are cutting down hazardous burned trees (snags) that are impacting the roadways. Firefighters are also beginning to identify areas of the contingency lines requiring fire-suppression repair work.
The anticipated cold front will move into the area from the west tomorrow, bringing gusty west winds and significantly cooler temperatures. Friday brings a chance of measurable rain, primarily on the western side of the fire. However, the chance of the fire receiving a wetting rain (a tenth of an inch or more) is low, and if it occurs, would likely be on the northern perimeter. Slightly warmer and drier conditions are expected this weekend.
Members of Great Basin Team 6 spent the day shadowing and transitioning with California Interagency Incident Management Team 5 and will assume command of the fire tomorrow at 6:00 a.m.