#LakeFire Air Attack overhead, fire is making a push... to the North. Potential for several hundred acres.show more

#LakeFire: 10 Air Tankers and 3 Type 1 Helicopters... assigned to the incident, utilizing ridge lines, utilizing retardant & water drops for perimeter control. Fire remains active, O% containment and undetermined acres(TBD) filmed at approx. 11am 7/6/24show more

The Great Basin is active all over: Updates for... the Kane Springs and Grapevine Fire south of Caliente, Nevada: Kane Springs Fire: 11,439 acres and 10% contained. Del Rosa, Inyo, Idaho Panhandle, Lakeview, and Vista Grande Hotshots on scene. Heavy aviation support, fire remains active, making runs through dense vegetation. Grapevine Fire: 8,876 acres, 0% contained. Black Mountain, Bear Divide, Helena, Lolo, and Snake River Hotshots on scene. Extreme fire behavior, long distance spotting. Heavy air support. PL4 in the Basin might not be too far away. 📷: Air attack, Grapevine Fireshow more

Wait for it. Fast growing fires in Colorado! 120,000... acres burning with 85% of the state in severe or worse #drought. The largest is the Aspen Acres fire which has ballooned to 50K acres and 0% containment. Smoke 💨 filled skies and poor air quality expected for days. #fire #smoke #colorado #aspen #burnshow more

Lake Pueblo State Park Officers established a zone for... fire response aircraft to safely draw from the reservoir to maintain the attack on the Aspen Acres Fire today. (More) 🎥CPW/Dean Millershow more

#JanssBrushFire VCFD firefighters are on scene of a 2-acre... brush fire with a potential to grow to approximately 10 acres. Three water-dropping helicopters are making good progress on the fire, which is currently posing no threat to structures or infrastructure. Approximately 40 fire engines and 109 personnel are assigned to the incident. The fire is burning in medium fuels with a slow rate of spread in the area of Janss Fire Road. County of Venturashow more

A significant amount of lightning yesterday started dozens of... new wildfires across Oregon and Washington, some becoming very active this evening. This is the Brewer Fire burning in Jefferson county, Oregon. 500+ acres, and she’s gone. The Kaiser Canyon Fire in Okanogan county, Washington is 1,000 acres. The Neff Jones Fire is 1,500 acres and the Lyons Ferry Fire is 3,000 acres in Franklin county, Washington and active. The Crosswhite Fire is 4,667 acres and the Cove Creek Fire is 1,000 acres, both in Wheeler county, Oregon. The Lower Dry Creek Fire in Umatilla county, Oregon is 5,000 acres. The Hopkins Fire is 5,000+ acres and the Porcupine Ridge Fire is 1,000 acres, both in Gilliam county, Oregon. The Wilcox Fire in Sherman county, Oregon is 2,500 acres. And those are just the fires over 1k acres…. There are dozens more.show more

#viewlineincident; #VCFD is on scene of a 1 acre... brush fire in the 2800 block of Madera Road in Simi Valley. Units on scene are reporting the fire is in medium to heavy brush with the potential for 10 acres. Firefighters are working to establish hose lines around the fire in coordination with water drops from our Firehawk helicopters.show more

ASPEN ACRES FIRE NIGHT TIME SHOT: This is by... the Siloam Road closure on the north end of the fire. Fire officials have said this is the No. 1 priority fire in the U.S., so resources from all across the country are coming to fight this. KOAA News5show more

Aspen Acres Fire Update: The fire has grown to... approximately 85,000 acres today, prompting evacuation orders for Colorado City, Wetmore, Bishop Castle, and several other communities throughout the surrounding area. The good news is that there are currently no red flag warnings in effect, which should help limit extreme fire behavior, and, fingers crossed, the area gets some much-needed moisture today as storms will fire up in Southeast Colorado.show more

The moment a Ukrainian drone appears overhead, the entire... Russian mobile air-defense team breaks and runs for cover. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues making life difficult for Russian logistics on the road to occupied Crimea.show more

Utah is currently facing several wildfires amid hot, dry,... and hazardous fire conditions. The Cottonwood Fire alone has scorched over 60,000 acres since it began on Monday, leading to evacuations and the closure of nearby roads.show more

#autoincident; #VCFD along with Ventura City Fire and Oxnard... Fire Are on scene of a brush fire in the river bottom off North Ventura Blvd in Ventura. The fire is currently at 5 acres in medium fuels with a moderate rate of spread. Approximately 75 firefighters are on scene working to stop forward spread of the fire.show more