Bull Complex Fire

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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by drm » August 23rd, 2021, 9:37 am

retired jerry wrote:
August 23rd, 2021, 5:40 am
as I remember, they wrapped the shelter at Cairn Basin during the Dollar Lake fire. It burned right up next to the shelter.
All the structures at Cloud Cap and Tilly Jane too.

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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by Limey » August 23rd, 2021, 7:21 pm

They also wrapped cloud cap inn.

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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by justpeachy » August 25th, 2021, 12:34 pm

They've now wrapped the cabin on Hawk Mountain.
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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by retired jerry » August 25th, 2021, 1:24 pm

It looks like there's not too much flammable around it

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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by RobFromRedland » August 25th, 2021, 5:20 pm

justpeachy wrote:
August 25th, 2021, 12:34 pm
They've now wrapped the cabin on Hawk Mountain.

hawkmountain.jpeg
So they've wrapped Hawk Mtn but not BOTW lookout? BOTW is in much bigger danger at this point I think. As the crow flies, BOTW is within about a mile and a half of the fire - Hawk Mtn is about two and a half. It would be a shame to lose either one of those.
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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by Limey » August 26th, 2021, 7:28 am

Too bad they don't care as much to preserve the Sandy guard Station.

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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by retired jerry » August 26th, 2021, 7:38 am

Maybe the Sandy Guard station was too far gone to repair

It's definitely a rotted mess now

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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by justpeachy » August 26th, 2021, 9:02 am

RobFromRedland wrote:
August 25th, 2021, 5:20 pm
So they've wrapped Hawk Mtn but not BOTW lookout? BOTW is in much bigger danger at this point I think. As the crow flies, BOTW is within about a mile and a half of the fire - Hawk Mtn is about two and a half.
They decided not to wrap BOTW because access is too dangerous.

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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by RobFromRedland » August 26th, 2021, 5:04 pm

justpeachy wrote:
August 26th, 2021, 9:02 am
RobFromRedland wrote:
August 25th, 2021, 5:20 pm
So they've wrapped Hawk Mtn but not BOTW lookout? BOTW is in much bigger danger at this point I think. As the crow flies, BOTW is within about a mile and a half of the fire - Hawk Mtn is about two and a half.
They decided not to wrap BOTW because access is too dangerous.
That is weird - they have wrapped it in the past. I hope it stays safe.
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Re: Bull Complex Fire

Post by bobcat » September 6th, 2021, 8:00 am

I just checked Inciweb, and it looks like the fire has burned over the site of the Bull of the Woods Lookout and is starting down into Pansy Basin. It's also burned around both of the Twin Lakes and most of the southern half of Rhododendron Ridge. It's about 200 yards from the Hawk Mountain Lookout - hope the wrapping works!

Here's the lookout as the fire approaches:

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/photo ... 3/9/124129

There are a ton of photos. Later in the sequence #50+, there are some pictures labeled Bull of the Woods "post-work" and "pre-work" although I can't tell exactly what work was done around the lookout:

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/photograph/7773/53/

It's a very ambling, mosaic-like fire and it's burned into the scars of several other fires, including the 2020 Lionshead Fire at Hawk Mountain. A lot of backburning is being done from the roads. They have also wrapped the buildings at Bagby although it's still a long way away from there.

Looking at the photos, I wonder about the lungs of those crews. I know people who choke up at an AQI of 60 or so.

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