Wildfire near Salinas River impacts air access
WildfireA wildfire is growing near the Salinas River in California. Firefighters are struggling to control the fire because of strong winds and turbulence, making it hard for helicopters to respond. They are considering building a backup line to protect nearby structures.
Audio|Source: LPF Fire
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State 40, we do have a swap across the line in 30 over kind of down break. Your drop point 30. It's in quad 30. It's getting well established. The copters are having a hard time making access into it. I think it might be a good idea to start looking at some contingency little retardant line backing up the Salinas River for structure protection. Understood. I'll get the order in for an ASM and have them come out here and validate and get the fixed-wing orders. The only thing is we're not going to have anything checking this as it impacts towards the Flinas River. The coppers, it's quite turbulent in there and they're having a hard time. Most of the water is getting pulled into the end of the column of the fire. It's currently backing but the winds have been variable. It's kind of like the column will stand up, it'll lay down. It's pretty turbulent. I think it's a little filtered and it's getting mixed lengths off of the trout drainage.
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Location mentioned:
Salinas River Walk, 141 Niblick Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446
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