Mountain Fire Start Date: August 16, 2011 Report Time: 1402 Forward rate of spread stopped: 1423 Location: State Route 38 / Mountain Home Village Size: ¼ to ½ acre Resources: 4 engines, 1 Crew, 1 Helicopter, 1 Water Tender Total Personnel : 50 Cause: Under Investigation
Passing motorists reported a fire on the south side of State Highway 38 just after 2:00pm on Wednesday August 16, 2011 prompting a full wildland response from the United States Forest Service and local agencies.
Firefighters aggressively fought the fire, stopping it before it could spread into the adjacent Mountain Home Village neighborhood which surrounded the fire on three sides south of the highway. The swift action kept fire officials from closing the highway, or evacuating nearby residents.
Heaps Peak Helitack Helicopter 534 circled overhead and checked along the highway for additional spot fires as a precautionary tactic.
Fire Investigators have not released a cause of the fire. ============== SCM Automated Alerts
Photo: (Looking east, US Forest Service Firefighters and the Mill Creek Hotshots improve the fire line and mop up hot spots within the fire interior. USFS City Creek Engine Company 38 is in the lower right, homes in the background - John Miller PIO USFS)
TYPE: VEHICLE OVER THE SIDE AREA: HOLCOMB VALLEY UNITS: MA291A BC122 E8 ME291 S97 E97 MA291 0 0XX 1821 116 4817 - HOL MM59-STATE18 X MM59.91,2 VEH,1 VEH OVER THE SIDE, BDC _1328569 SAN BERNARDIN
TYPE: VEHICLE OVER THE SIDE AREA: HOLCOMB VALLEY UNITS: MA291A BC122 E8 ME291 S97 E97 0 0XX 1821 116 4817 - HOL MM59-STATE18 X MM59.91,2 VEH,1 VEH OVER THE SIDE, BDC _1328569 SAN BERNARDINO COUN
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