Sadly the fire is not out, and continues to burn, especially in the Kibbie/Flora/Eleanor axis. They are just going to let it burn itself out in the wilderness, so I imagine it will continue to spread very slowly until the first rains/snow. I hope the rain comes early this year.zorobabel wrote:The rim fire is no longer on the firedetect map, hopefully it's out.
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The fire is very gradually consuming all the forest SE of Kibbie and W of Flora and is now beginning to burn downhill through treeless brush toward Flora. The large pond 1/3 mile WSW of Flora, which was a landmark on the Flora/Kibbie route, is just today in flames. THere are several brand new hotspots in this region of the fire.
As far as Kibbie is concerned, the tops of all the ridges E and SE of Kibbie are in flames--you could certainly see the fire if you were at the customary camp sites on the W shore. The only question now is whether flaming debris will fall down those hillsides and ignite fires that burn to the waterline, or whether the immediate E shore of Kibbie escapes.
Further south, the fire has burned all the way to the NW shore of Eleanor Creek from the reservoir several miles up to the Kendrick Creek branch. It has also burned all the way to the Bartlett Creek branch. The question is now whether it will cross Bartlett Creek and go up the drainage that leads to Spotted Fawn, and whether it will cross Eleanor and go up Kendrick Creek toward Kendrick Lakes and Edyth. It is going very, very slowly, but it does not matter how slowly it is spreading if it has forever.
In the Hetch Hetchy area the fire actually crossed Falls Creek right above Wapama Falls, and continues to creep along in vicinity of Falls Creek. I don't see new hot spots today, though, so perhaps that area is slowing down.