airattackimages
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I finally got a chance to run on another incident saturday and get some shots. It was an all S-2T show. It was one of those fires where you would be doing a DISSERVICE in zooming in (which I usually do). So I made it a point to go wide (and even vertical) on most of these shots. Haven't seen a header like that in the past couple seasons.
The Highland Fire started yesterday around 1330 hours (1:30pm) at the South end of Highland Springs Rd, among single digit humidities and strong local north east winds. RROS and torching were seen. Strangely this comes just a couple days after a similar start just a mile or so to the northwest. Sounds like a possible arsonist working the area, especially given the suspicious origin seen by myself and Surface 2 Air. Both Cal Fire Prevention and a BLM LE investigator were on scene looking for evidence. Being wind driven, the fire grew quickly and drove hard across open flat land, jumped a wash and started it's march up the back side of North Mountain in several different directions.
First shot is an 8 shot panoramic stitch of the overall fire as viewed from the origin.
The Highland Fire started yesterday around 1330 hours (1:30pm) at the South end of Highland Springs Rd, among single digit humidities and strong local north east winds. RROS and torching were seen. Strangely this comes just a couple days after a similar start just a mile or so to the northwest. Sounds like a possible arsonist working the area, especially given the suspicious origin seen by myself and Surface 2 Air. Both Cal Fire Prevention and a BLM LE investigator were on scene looking for evidence. Being wind driven, the fire grew quickly and drove hard across open flat land, jumped a wash and started it's march up the back side of North Mountain in several different directions.
First shot is an 8 shot panoramic stitch of the overall fire as viewed from the origin.
if that fire was in South East Australia i would not be standing there with a camera!!!! (I'd be leaving quickly!!)