County Line Wildfire, Thursday, April 26, 2012 (County Line Fire Wildfire)

Current Status-Type 3 Incident Management Team under the leadership of Commander Marty Bentley.- We are continuing our efforts to mop up the "Hot spots" near the perimeter of the County Line Fire, as well as keeping a look-out for any new spot fires which may start due to the high winds and low humidity conditions. - Smoldering and the active burning of Needle-cast or torching of browned shrubs was observed within the perimeter. Areas of ground fire, especially on the NW side are still burning near the control line and continue to produce a lot of smoke. The smoke impact will be minimal as the winds drive from the WSW with wind gusts of 9mph and wind gusts up to 15mph. - Our Firefighting teams are prepared for flare ups around the perimeter of the fire and keep a vigilant watch-out with continued patrolling of the area around the fire. -Yesterday afternoon a new fire occurred on the SE corner of the Forest boundary on private land. This fire was approximately 14 acres and we...