Southern California wildfires grow with little containment

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

HEMET, Calif. (AP) — Two wildfires burned out of control in the inland Southern California region on Wednesday, forcing evacuations in communities and a mountain resort area.

The deadly Fairview Fire grew to nearly 8 square miles (20.7 square kilometers) near the city of Hemet in Riverside County, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles.

Cal Fire Battalion Chief Josh Janssen told a predawn briefing that the fire remained just 5% contained with “open fire on all sides of the fire still threatening several communities.”

The fire erupted Monday amid triple-digit heat and spread ferociously, killing two people who were found in a vehicle, severely burning another person while destroying seven structures and damaging several others.



Wind whips embers from a burning tree during a wildfire Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Hemet, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-fires-california-mountains-evacuations-9e4cddf8f5105b8f057cf40b80799d76

[in2herbs]

1. Anyone who does not believe in climate change should be forced to stand outside all day long

in the heat. No shade and only the water they can gather from dry creek beds.

IMO this is the most serious issue facing us as it will affect us longer than the loss of nuclear docs.

My circle of people I speak to gets smaller and smaller every day because of their climate denial stances. My judgement of them begins with how they protect their animals from the heat cuz too many leave the animals that could be at least shaded to stand in the sun without shade.

The back to back fires in my town that occurred a few years ago haven't altered the climate deniers at all.

[beaglelover]

2. Fortunately, we're forecast to get 1/2 inch to 1 inch of rain on Saturday. That should help the

fire situation. Hope it does rain, we need it so badly!

[BigmanPigman]

4. The ground is so baked

that I fear much will in runooff.

[TeamProg]

3. Living in fire country has me getting to know the best sources out there, here are a few:

https://app.watchduty.org/

Watch Duty for PC or smart cell. - best for quick updates on brand new fires. Great map.


https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#m:tsd;d:24hrs;@-100.0,40.0,4z

NASA / LANCE / FIRMS- most detailed info available. The site takes some work hitting the right tabs for the info you want.


https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/%3F/37.4845/-119.7333/10
- National Fire Situational Awareness. Super nice map, let it load up, can be slow, shows perimeters and hottest areas with a fire or it's edges.


https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/
- InciWeb. Used to be one of the best, others above have surpassed it for data.


For California: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022/
- CalFire. Always reliable info, though not as early to report as Watch Duty.

[Hekate]

5. Thank you for these fire info sources!

https://app.watchduty.org/

Watch Duty for PC or smart cell. - best for quick updates on brand new fires. Great map.


https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#m:tsd;d:24hrs;@-100.0,40.0,4z

NASA / LANCE / FIRMS- most detailed info available. The site takes some work hitting the right tabs for the info you want.


https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/%3F/37.4845/-119.7333/10
- National Fire Situational Awareness. Super nice map, let it load up, can be slow, shows perimeters and hottest areas with a fire or it's edges.


https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/
- InciWeb. Used to be one of the best, others above have surpassed it for data.


For California: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022/
- CalFire. Always reliable info, though not as early to report as Watch Duty.