Vegetation Fire - Lytle Creek Area

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I have not heard much activity on my scanner as of yet. Most traffic that I am hearing is on 8-FIRE-1. I have heard that Applewhite is being evacuated and I have also heard a request for the sheriff to shut down Lone Pine Canyon Road. The fire is putting up a large header that is visible from Rancho Cucamonga.

Here is a discussion about this fire from the nearby Wrightwood forum: Wrightwood Forum - Topic: Vegetation Fire - Lytle Creek 10-3-09

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From CHP CAD

Incident: 0947 Type: Report of Fire Location: LYTLE CREEK RD AT APPLEWHITE RD ThomasBrothers: 514 1B info as of: 10/3/2009 3:18:04 PM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
3:21PM 152 CLOSE DOWN LONE PINE CANYON BTWN WRIGHTWOOD AND 138
3:19PM PER FONT SBSO - FOREST SVC BLDG IS ON EAST SIDE OF LYTLE CRK ROAD
3:16PM FONT SBSO REQ UNITS DO NOT LET VEHS GO PASSED THE FOREST SVC BLDG PLZ AT MOUTH OF CANYON
3:16PM .K/0921D1003.D/152 ALL GOING TO BE SAME FIRE AS LOG 947
3:14PM 152 NEG ASSIST ON EVAC, FIRE NOT AFFECTING FRWY, S2 CPYS
2:53PM SBSO REQ CHP FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL
2:46PM 153B ADV VISIBLE FROM THE 15
2:45PM PER SB COMM CTR ON FIRE IC - COMMAND POST IS ABOVE THE COMMUNITY CENTERR/N
2:41PM INFO AT THIS TIME - FIRE IS NOT REQ CHP - COPYING RADIO TRAFFIC ON FIRE IC
2:40PM BRUSH FIRE - FIRE ER

[kd6ecz]

So far I have heard traffic on 8-FIRE-1, 8-TAC-1, and I just heard that they will be using 8-ATAC-1 for primary (they being the sheriff I believe).

San Bernardino, County of System 08

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From CHP CAD

3:34PM PER 101-21B ASC UPDATE ON DIRECTION OF FIRE, IN CASE IT JUMPS BLUE CUT AND HEAD TOWARDS CREST LINE
3:31PM .K/1025D1003.D/ADV SEES A FIRE NR HER RESIDENCE
3:31PM 216M TRAFFIC STOPPED AT GLEN HELEN, HAVE FONT PD POST UNIT AT SIERRA AT 15, PSBY EXITING AT SIERRA TO CHECK OUT FIRE

[kd6ecz]

They are now calling this the "Sheep Fire" and have established "Sheep IC." 171.475 (BDF Forest Net) will be the primary for fire traffic. Tactics are on 168.200.

Ontario just dispatched engine 176 to I15 and Sierra to stage.

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From CHP CAD

3:50PM 1039 FONT PD LINES 58-59
3:49PM 103 PER FIRE CHIEF WILL NEED TO BE CLOSED TILL SUNDAY MORNING
3:48PM 103 WILL ADVS ON LINE 54, 103 PER FIRE ASKING FOR VOLUNTARY EVACS FRM RESIDENTS
3:47PM 216M ASC FRM FIRE GET ETA HOW LONG WILL LYTLE CREEK NEED TO BE SHUT DOWW, CAN RESIDENCES ACCESS, IF LONG TIME START CO RDS
3:44PM FOREST SVC REQ SR138 AT SR2 BE CLOSED
3:44PM S2 ASC FRM CT IF THERE ARE AVAIL FOR HARD CLOSURE SB AND NB 15 AT LYTLE CREEK
3:42PM 103 FIRE WANTS LYTLE CREEK RD AT 15 CLOSED DOWN
3:42PM NR ON FIRE F/FOREST SRVC

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UPDATE: Homes evacuated in Lytle Creek

Posted: 10/03/2009 03:39:53 PM PDT

U.S. Forest Service firefighters and San Bernardino County Fire strike teams are on scene of fire in the Lytle Creek area. The blaze was reported around 2:11 p.m. and was last reported to have scorched 30 acres, according to fire officials.

As of 3:30 p.m., the Apple White Campgrounds and homes in the Swarthout Canyon area had been evacuated

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Fire Threatens Structures, Prompts Evacuations

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (CBS) A brush fire has quickly scorched 300 acres, threatening several structures and prompting immediate mandatory evacuations in San Bernardino County.

The fire broke out about 2:30 p.m. Saturday near Lytle Creek and Sheep Canyon Road in San Bernardino County. The area is about three miles west of Interstate 15 and north of the San Bernardino (10) Freeway.

San Bernardino Sheriff's deputies have evacuated the Swarthout Canyon Road area.

Authorities said the fire could grow up to 4,000 acres.

[kd6ecz]

From CHP CAD:

4:10PM S2 REQ CO RDS TO LYTLE CREEK AT GLEN HELEN
4:03PM S2 WILL ADVS ON CO RDS
3:58PM 1039 75-L1
3:55PM CT COPIED LINE 52,53 - WHERE IS CP PLZ? SO CT CANE 1098 WITH FIRE

[kd6ecz]

From CHP CAD:

4:24PM CT PLS ACTIVATE CMS THAT READ SR138 CLOSED JWO 15 PER 75-214
4:24PM 152 HAVE CT RESPOND TO 138 AT 15 FOR HARD CLOSURE
4:21PM S2 ASC IF 138 OFR NEEDS TO BE CLOSED BY CT, 152 WILL ADVS
4:19PM PER 75-S2 CT CAN 1022 THE SIERRA CLOSURE
4:17PM 1039 CO RDS FOR HARD CLOSURE LYTLE CREEK AT GLEN HELEN PKWY
4:17PM CT PLS ADVS ON ETA FOR LINE 52, FRWY NOT SHUT DOWN, ONLY OFFRAMPS FRM SB AND NB 15 AT SIERRA

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From CHP CAD:

5:00PM 1039 COM CEN FOR CO ROADS
5:00PM PER S6, NEED SIGNS FOR CLOSURE SHEEP CREEK AT 2, AND LONEPINE AT 2
4:59PM 152 138 LNS OPEN, CT SUP DISSAPEARED
4:57PM 152 IS THE WB 138 CLOSED FOR EVERYONE? S2 PER FIRE OPEN UP THE SR138, HAVE CT SUP 98 AT THE CP
4:52PM 1039 COM CEN FOR CO ROADS
4:51PM CO ROADS HANDLE, NEED BARRICADES, JWO 84 S 1020
4:48PM 12-84-LONE PINE CANYON MM 1, STARTING A HARD CLOSURE
4:30PM 202A W/ CT SUP REQ UNIT TO ASSIST W/ HARD CLOSURE, S2 EXTENDED WILL 98 138 OFR FRM NB 15

[kd6ecz]

Oh great...

From NOAA Weather - Devore, CA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
141 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009

...STRONG...GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS OF
SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG...GUSTY WEST WINDS ESPECIALLY IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

CAZ055-056-060-040415-
/O.NEW.KSGX.HW.W.0007.091004T0900Z-091005T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0023.091004T0300Z-091004T0900Z/
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS-RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
APPLE AND LUCERNE VALLEYS-
141 PM PDT SAT OCT 3 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM PDT
SUNDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM PDT SUNDAY. A WIND
ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM PDT SUNDAY.

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE
THIS EVENING. THEY WILL INCREASE FURTHER OVERNIGHT...BECOMING 30
TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE
AT TIMES IN WIND PRONE AREAS. LOCAL VISIBILITIES NEAR 1/4 MILE IN
BLOWING DUST AND SAND ARE POSSIBLE IN THE DESERTS. THE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SUNDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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More information about this fire:
RIMOFTHEWORLD.net - Incident Report
RIMOFTHEWORLD.net - Rapid Moving Fire in Lytle Creek Area

[kd6ecz]

From CHP CAD:

5:43PM S2 GETTING AN UPDATE ON FIRE, WILL ADVS
5:39PM REQ THE 138 TO BE RECLOSED // 138 JWO 15, 138 AT 2 -- THEY ARE REQUESTING HARD CLOSURES AGAIN -- PER S2
5:33PM PER 12-S6, CLOSED TO ALL
5:28PM IS LONE PINE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC? 12-50 INQUIRING
5:25PM IN CASE WE GET QUES REF ANIMAL EVACS - DOGS AND CATS GO TO ANIMAL SHELTER IN DEVORE - LIVESTOCK,HORSES,AND LRG ANIMALS GO TO SHERIFF A/C IN DEVORE
5:17PM 84 CPZ KEEP THE LONE PINE CLOSURE, 84 NEEDS ANOTHER UNIT, 50 CPZ WILL BE ENRT
5:17PM 50 CPZ OPEN 138 AT 2
5:16PM PER 75-S2 LONEPINE CLOSURE NEEDS TO STAY CLOSED , OK TO OPEN 138 AT 2
5:07PM S2 FOR VV CHP THEY CAN OPEN IT UP AT WRIGHTWOOD X SR2 PER INCIDENT COMMAND FIRE

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From CHP CAD:

6:14PM S2 MOVING CP TO 138 X 15, FIRE HEADING TOWARDS MORMON ROCK
6:05PM 202A ONLY PTYS LEFT ARE MEDIA
6:01PM REACTV D CMS, SNT DTY PGS, 1039 HQ
5:55PM 75-S2 FIRE MOVING TOWARDS THE CP NOW
5:54PM A152 138 AT 15 CLOSED

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1,000 acres burn near Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County

October 3, 2009 | 6:17 pm

U.S. Forest Service and San Bernardino County firefighters are battling a blaze in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains that ignited this afternoon and quickly scorched 1,000 acres, authorities said.

The fire, which started about 2 p.m., is centered in the Lytle Creek area east of Mount Baldy and west of the Cajon Pass. It was threatening 300 structures, many of them homes, Forest Service spokesman John Miller said.

Fifty to 100 people have been evacuated through reverse 911 calls and door-to-door visits, Miller said.

Authorities worried that thick chaparral, scattered timber and 60-mph winds would hamper their efforts to contain the fire.

"Whenever there is wind, there's trouble," Miller said.

-- Garrett Therolf

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Tanker action on CAL FIRE Air Tac-2 169.15

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InciWeb - Sheep Fire

INCIDENT UPDATED 20 MIN. AGO

The Sheep Fire is burning between Lytle Creek Cyn and Lone Pine Cyn Rd. Mandatory evacuations are in place for the following areas in Lytle Creek: Applewhite, Happy Jack, areas east of Lytle Creek up to and including Mountain Lakes RV Park. Mandatory evacuations are in place also for Swarthout Cyn and areas along Hwy 138 between I-15 and Hess Rd.

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Lytle Creek fire destroys three homes, threatens hundreds more, forces evacuations

LYTLE CREEK - A brush fire that erupted in the Lytle Creek area Saturday destroyed three homes, threatened hundreds more, burned more than 1,500 acres, and forced evacuations and several road closures.

The fire, dubbed the Sheep Fire, started at 2:11 p.m., according to U.S. Forest Service officials.

The blaze forced evacuations of the Applewhite Campgrounds, Swarthout Canyon and the Happy Jack area as well as Mountain Lakes in the Lytle Creek area.

By late Saturday evening, 40 mph winds pushed the flames into a southern direction, a fire official said. Officials said Wrightwood was not threatened by the blaze.
A dispatcher at the U.S. Forest Service fire information line confirmed Saturday evening that three homes were burned in the Swarthout Canyon area.

The fire threatened approximately 300 homes. The area is largely rural and most residents live on large parcels of land where they keep animals such as horses.

"This is very dry, very willing to burn brush," said Jim Wilkins, public information officer for the U.S. Forest Service.

Photos are being posted here: RimoftheWorld,net - User Submitted Photos

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Here it the county's fire information page: San Bernardino County Disaster Information Website