[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (7/27/10-5:40PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
07/27	1740	West Fire (CA-KRN-021461) 400 acres, 0% percent contained,
07/27	1720	Bull Fire (CA-SQF-2701) 11,000 acres, 0% percent contained.
07/27	1542	West Fire (CA-KRN-021461) 250 acres, 0% percent contained, started at 1416 hrs. in timber w/ grass understory SE of the city of Tehachapi. Evacuations have been ordered for the Old West Ranch Community. An evacuation center is established at Old Jacobson Middle School.
07/27	1500	The Mono Fire (CA-INF -934)  900 acres, 5% percent contained.
07/27	1200	The Potato Fire (NV-HTF-701) is now 632 acres and 100% contained.
07/27	1000	Bull Fire (CA-SQF-2701) 5052 acres, 0% percent contained
07/27	0800	The Bull Fire (CA-SQF-2701) is now 4,500 acres with 5% percent containment. Opliger's Type I Incident Management Team will assume command of the incident at 1800 tonight. Rapid rates of spread were observed during the evening. Evacuations and road closures are now in effect. There are 5 residences that were damaged. The Mono Fire (CA-INF -934) is now 500 acres with 5% percent contained.

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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