Wildfire near Gopher Ridge and Telegraph Road, Calaveras County CA


A wildfire is burning near Gopher Ridge and Telegraph Road in California. Firefighting units including engines, dozers, and air tankers are responding. The terrain is hilly with limited access routes, requiring extended efforts to control the fire. Additional resources have been ordered to help contain the blaze.
Audio|Source: Solano County CAL FIRE
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ATU 13253, first unit at Simobibi Martell IC on CDF Tackney. Check fast.
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Engine 4451.
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172, engine 44806, transport dozer 4445,
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at 1449.
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Address prevention 4423 responding from A3.
00:39
It's going to be extended access for ground resources.
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For now,
00:45
I'd like to upgrade to additional multi-engines anchors, probably 5% acres. Unable to sell the rated spread, but it's got a good space to it.
01:00
Kind of get you out through those rolling hills, so you think that's going to be the best access to set of Sonora roads?
01:07
This is on Gopher Ridge and I'm calling up the telegraph now but it's going to be at least 2030 minutes drive just how you can look.
01:20
Try and find access stuff that there should be gate off Upper Telegraph Road that'll start rolling through those hills and what was your additional resource order?
01:28
started two additional tankers, I gotta get close to figure out what else we're going to need.
01:41
Two additional type 3 multi-engineer air tankers, 2 additional dozers, 1452.
02:11
Hey Matt, when you get close to telegraph, if you can try to find either the two-track row that comes off telegraph, Upper Telegraph Road, that should lead you out into those backcountry mountains, trying to see if that's going to be our best access.
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I don't want to commit everybody down to the nor road if we can just keep them up top.
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