Fire near the McCloud preserve

[Chris]

There was a lightning strike that started a fire last week and winds and rough terrain have been making it hard to control. We are safely out of the preserve and are watching this kind of slo-mo incident, hoping that the 1300 plus firefighters can keep it from jumping the river and burning the cabins and woods down there.

Here is a link with current and archived information (the compound is just opposite of where Ladybug Ck. enters the McCloud)

http://inciweb.org/incident/3188/

[Michael]

Wow. It's getting pretty close!

[Chris]

The fire is backing down to the river and everyone is feeling more call about the slow underburn. That said, it could smolder and be a possible threat until the first rains of autumn.

Dropped a great big Doug fir across the river to make an access bridge.

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fire across from the cabins

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army of fire fighters languishing in the compound

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action at the snake pit

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