Per this morning's update (936 acres and 0% containment), does the lack of containment mean that the firefighters are allowing fuels to burn in a kind of "guided" manner?

I'm asking because the aerial tankers have been dropping on this fire day and night with incredible dedication, yet there's zero containment. So is this effort more of a controlled burn?

I would assume part of the SCE PSPS? We are under a PSPS Watch for the Big Bear Valley, but have a backup line, so ours didn't go out, yet anyway.

Hi Mountain Hawk, After I reported the outage this morning, SCE sent me an email stating that the power might return by 3:30 pm today. No reason was given for the outage. I’m in Arrowhead.

Does anyone know why power is out on westside of the mountain? Sce is terrible at information and never announced a power safety shutoff.

Good news McToddy, will keep pushing the fire away and clear out some of this smoke!

The breezes here at the farmer's market is getting pretty gusty

Thanks McToddy! That’s interesting.

Natural gas (for the kilns).... But the plant is pretty barren of combustibles.... To some degree, the plant would be a good fire break

I hope there Isent anything that can explode at the Mitsubishi Plant?

MountainDreamin, there is a generator onsite at Bertha Peak, powered by propane. I’d hate to have to drive a propane truck up that road to fill those tanks!

[UPDATE]
GOLD FIRE in BIG BEAR
The Gold Fire Is Officially 936 Acres And Is 0% Contained. The Fire Continues To Move North East Away From The Big Bear Valley. The Fire Continues To Move Closer To The Mitsubishi Cement Plant At The Bottom Of Highway 18 In Lucerne Valley.
DETAILS: [Click Here]

Oh well. It went out again.

Mountain Hawk, My power just came back! Hope it stays on and yours comes back too.

👍👍 for no smoke in town

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