WILL BE HEADING THE NEXT
FEW
DAYS AS WELL IN THE FORECAST
COMING UP.
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BE THE KING FIRE BURNING IN
ELDORADO AND IT IS 10%
CONTAINED.
AT LEAST 12,000
HOMES ARE
THREATENED.
WE ARE LEARNING FOUR
FIREFIGHTERS
SUSTAINED MINOR
INJURIES BATTLING THIS FIRE.
WE ARE JOINED FROM PLACERVILLE
WITH WHAT THE CHANGES
ARE TODAY.
GOOD MORNING, KRISTIN.
FOR THE LAST WEEK THE KING
FIRE HAS BEEN MANAGED HERE
AT
THIS COMMAND CENTER.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE
COMMUNICATIONS, EQUIPMENT,
CLERICAL.
THERE'S
EVERYTHING.
IT IS BASICALLY A LITTLE CITY.
SHOWERS FOR FIREFIGHTERS, TENT
CITY FOR WHERE THEY SLEEP.
EVERYTHING IS TAKING PLACE HERE.
THERE WILL BE A CHANGE IN
THE
STRATEGY AND THEY WILL HAVE TWO
COMMAND CENTERS, ONE HERE AND
ONE TO THE NORTH AREA.
WE WERE GIVEN THIS INFORMATION
AT A BRIEFING EARLIER WHEN THEY
TOLD US THE FIRE HAS GROWN
SLIGHTLY TO ABOUT 81,000 ACRES.
IT'S 10% CONTAINED
STILL.
AND THEY SAID IT WAS A GOOD
NIGHT OVERALL.
FIRE CREWS WERE ABLE TO MAKE
SOME
PROGRESS ON FIGHTING THIS
FIRE AND NOW THIS MORNING THE
BIG CHANGE BEING THE WAY THEY
ARE MANAGING
IT.
WE'VE GOT MICHELLE HERE WITH THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MICHELLE,
EXPLAIN
TO US WHY THIS CHANGE,
WHAT IT WILL PROVIDE
YOU.
THE CHANGE WILL GET ONE AREA
HERE, THE NORTHERN SIDE AND
FOREST HILL AREA AND GETS CREWS
WHERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF
TRAVEL TIME WHERE THE
FIRE IS
AROUND THE NORTHSIDE.
WE ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN THE
FIRE UP ON THE NORTHSIDE.
WE WILL SEE SOME WIND
SHIFTS.
HAVING CREWS NOT WASTING TIME
TRAVELING.
THERE'S
LESS -- WE CAN HAVE
WIDER AREAS AND HAVE MORE SPACE.
WE'VE GOT 5,000 PEOPLE
ON THIS
CAMP.
GIVE PEOPLE MORE SPACE TO SLEEP,
SLEEPING QUARTERS,
EVERYTHING
SHOULD BE EASIER TO MAINTAIN
WITH LESS PEOPLE IN ONE
LOCATION.
WHAT ARE
THE BIGGEST CONCERNS
HERE?
THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS THE
WIND
SHIFTS.
BECAUSE OF THE LOW THAT IS HERE
WE HAVE EASTERLY WINDS COMING
IN.
TODAY WE ARE GOING BACK
TO A
SOUTH WIND OR SOUTHWESTERLY
WIND.
WE WILL LOOK AT THE
POTENTIAL
FOR THE WINDS TO BE BATTLING AND
IT HAS
POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME
FIRE BEHAVIOR.
THE FIRE WILL SHIFT IN
DIRECTIONS THAT WE ARE
NOT
PLANNING FOR
BUT PLANNING ON
TODAY.
NOW, SHOW US ON THE MAP WHERE
WE ARE, WHERE THIS NEW COMMAND
CENTER
IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT
AREAS THE ACTIVE FIRE IS IN
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S ON THE MAP FROM
YESTERDAY.
A LITTLE BIGGER.
WE ARE CURRENTLY DOWN HERE IN
THE PLACERVILLE AREA AND THAT
LOCATION WILL BE THE FOREST HILL
AREA.
THAT WILL ALLOW
CREWS TO HAVE
ANOTHER WAY TO COME IN AND
ACCESS THE FIRE AS OPPOSED TO
GOING UP, A LOT
OF CREWS GOING
UP.
THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST
ACTIVITY
POTENTIAL ON THE
NORTHERN SIDE TODAY.
WITH THE WINDS BATTLING WE WILL
FOCUS ON THE
MOSQUITO SWANS
AREA.
WORKING STILL TO MAINTAIN THE
STRUCTURES, PROTECT THE
STRUCTURES AND PREPARE FOR THE
WINDS.
THIS IS THE AREA WE WILL SEE THE
MOST ACTIVITY
MORE THAN LIKELY.
WHAT'S THE LINE THERE?
WHERE WILL THE SOUTH CREWS BE
FOCUSED AND THE NORTH CREWS?
IT WILL BE ALONG
THE
SPRINGS
AREA.
THEY WILL GET IT SET UP.
A
BUSY DAY LIKE EVERY DAY HAS
BEEN.
NOW SETTING UP TWO
COMMAND
POSTS.
THERE WILL MANY REASONS FOR
THIS.
ONE IS THEY ARE FIGHTING FIRE ON
STATE AND FEDERAL LAND, NATIONAL
FOREST LAND.
ANOTHER
BEING THE AMOUNT OF LAND
THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER.
THE ROCKY TERRAIN.
THE AMOUNT OF FIRE CREWS THEY
HAVE HERE AS MICHELLE
SAID IT
WILL ALLOW MORE ELBOW ROOM,
ALLOW THEM TO SPREAD OUT
AND
HAVE QUICKER ACCESS TO THE FIRE
WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
REPORTING LIVE,
KRISTIN, KCRA 3
NEWS.
WE SAW
VIDEO OF A LARGE GROUP
OF PEOPLE, FIRST RESPONDERS
TAKING NOTES HOW TO RESPOND TO
THIS.
ARE FIREFIGHTERS AT THIS POINT
HAVING TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
HELP THEY HAVE TO BRING IN?
THE AMOUNT OF HELP
THEY BRING
IN?
RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 5,000 CREWS
FIGHTING THE FIRE, BUT THEY HAVE
PEOPLE COMING FROM
ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY EVERY DAY.
I TALKED TO SOMEBODY FROM NEW
MEXICO.
I KNOW THERE
ARE PEOPLE FROM
OKLAHOMA.
THEY HAVE FIRE CREWS COMING FROM
EVERYWHERE CONSTANTLY SO THEY
ARE CONTINUE
TO GO INCREASE THE
AMOUNT OF HELP THEY GET
ACCORDING TO OBVIOUSLY THE FACT
THAT THE FIRE IS STILL
GROWING.
AND KRISTIN, DO WE KNOW THE
CONDITION THE FIREFIGHTERS --
THE FOUR
FIREFIGHTERS WERE IN
THAT WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED --
OR EXCUSE ME, SUSTAINED
MINOR
INJURIES?
THE MINDS GO TO THE ARIZONA
FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE RECENTLY
KILLED.
I'VE GOT MICHELLE HERE RIGHT
NOW.
WE CAN
ASK.
I KNOW IT HAPPENED OVER A COUPLE
OF INCIDENTS AND THE INJURIES
ARE MINOR.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE
FOUR FIGHT FIGHTERS THAT WERE --
FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE
INJURED?
ONE FIREFIGHTER FELL DOWN
100-FOOT
STEEP TERRAIN.
HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO A TRAUMA
CENTER.
HE IS DOING
VERY WELL.
WE HAVE OTHER ONES WITH MINOR
BACK STRAINS, ANKLE OR LEG
STRAINS SO NOTHING CRITICAL.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL
TO
MY KNOWLEDGE AND WE ARE GOING
WITH 5,000 PEOPLE OUT HERE.
THAT'S
PRETTY GOOD.
RIGHT AND CONSIDERING THE
LENGTH OF THE FIRE AND WIDE AREA
IT'S COVERING.
GLAD
TO HEAR THERE AREN'T ANY
MORE INJURIES.