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Fire update

Grass Valley Fire
Homes destroyed: 100-plus
Acres: 1,100
Containment: 30 percent
Date of expected full containment: Sunday, Oct. 28
Cause: Under investigation
Direction: Burning north
Resources: 17 handcrews, 99 engines, seven water tenders, three helicopters, 1 bulldozer.
Personnel: 548

Slide Fire
Homes destroyed: 200
Acres: 10,800 acres
Containment: 0 percent
Cause: Under investigation
Direction: Burning southeast
Resources: Seven handcrews, three helicopters, 160 engines, 28 water tenders and 1 bulldozer.
Personnel: 564

Source: U.S. Forest Service

--Selicia Kennedy-Ross

Comments

New fire maps for Slide fire:

Surface Temps:

http://www.fireimaging.com/homepage.html

Overlayed on Google Maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://www.fireimaging.com/fires/2007/california/slide/297/doc.kml&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=12&om=1

You can zoom in and really see where fire is currently burning...

Seth

Thank you so much for posting such great info! Since I live in Highland just north of Highland Ave and slightly west of the 330, I really appreciate that when you did the latest update you included the direction of the wind.

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