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NorCal Team 2 will transfer command of the Stone Fire to a Type 3 Modoc National Forest organization at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 30, 2018.
The Stone Fire remains at 39,387 acres and is 100% contained. 696 resources are assigned to the fire, including three helicopters.
Read MoreThe Stone Fire remains at 39,387 acres and is 95% contained. 696 resources are assigned to the fire, including three helicopters.
Read MoreThe Stone Fire remains at 39,387 acres and is 72% contained. 845 resources are assigned to the fire, including six helicopters and fixed wing aircraft as needed.
Read MoreALTURAS, Calif.— The Stone Fire remains at 39,386 acres and is 63% contained. 936 resources are assigned to the fire, including eight helicopters and fixed wing aircraft as needed. There is line around the entire fire perimeter.
Read MoreALTURAS, Calif. - The Stone Fire is currently at 29,504 acres and 12% contained. There are currently 832 resources working on the fire. Four helicopters are assigned to the incident, and air tankers are available as needed. A heavy inversion over the fire area resulted in limited aircraft use yesterday.
Read MoreALTURAS, Calif. The Stone Fire is currently at 23,221 acres and 12% contained. There are 764 resources assigned, including four helicopters and air tankers to be used on request. Aircraft use can be limited due to the heavy smoke inversion, but is available to the fire as the inversion lifts.
Read MoreThe Stone Fire remained active overnight due to extremely low humidity recovery and a strong southwest wind, growing to an approximate 5,445 acres before settling down around 1am.
Read MoreThe Klamath Falls Tanker Base was a bustling hub of activity yesterday. From 5:00pm to 8:00pm ten aircraft landed at the base to refuel and refill with retardant to be dropped on the Quarantine Fire, North Fire, Stone Fire and Watson Creek. The tanker base was not anticipating that many aircraft in such a short time frame. They had to call in extra crews to handle the extra workload. Century Aviation, who handles the aircraft fuel also had to call in additional support to refuel the aircraft.
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