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[*] posted on 9-30-2020 at 11:30 AM
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Got word about a fire down in the Santo Tomas Valley area and from what I can see according to the NASA fire map, it's moving slowly to the southeast and has expanded to what looks to be about nine square miles/six thousand acres. It's burning in a sparsely populated area of coastal mesas east of Punta San Jose and the winds in the Ensenada area are forecasted to be variable and light for the next week or so, but you never know. There are two more smaller fires, one to the east of Ejido Uruapan which may have burned some of the new vineyards out there, and another on the east side Hwy. 1 just north of San Vicente. Anyone have any more detailed information about any of these fires?

Fire map here: https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2020-09-29;l:co...




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[*] posted on 10-1-2020 at 11:24 AM


Quote: Originally posted by DanO  
Got word about a fire down in the Santo Tomas Valley area and from what I can see according to the NASA fire map, it's moving slowly to the southeast and has expanded to what looks to be about nine square miles/six thousand acres. It's burning in a sparsely populated area of coastal mesas east of Punta San Jose and the winds in the Ensenada area are forecasted to be variable and light for the next week or so, but you never know. There are two more smaller fires, one to the east of Ejido Uruapan which may have burned some of the new vineyards out there, and another on the east side Hwy. 1 just north of San Vicente. Anyone have any more detailed information about any of these fires?


[Edited on 9-30-2020 by DanO]


Had not heard mention of those fires. Then again, it is not unusual for a large fire to go almost unreported in the upland areas of the western slopes of the Sierra Juarez, especially this year, when it seems like everything is burning. Thanks for posting.
Some old grape vines in that area date back to missionary times --
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[*] posted on 10-1-2020 at 11:50 AM


In remote areas of Alaska, many fires not only go un-reported, they are allowed to burn themselves out with minimal, or no attempts at control.

In 2004, 6.6 million acres burned!

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[*] posted on 10-1-2020 at 02:43 PM


Friends in Erindira reporting that everything was covered in ash this morning.
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[*] posted on 10-1-2020 at 04:45 PM


The Santo Tomas fire is moving steadily east, now about three and a half miles west of the town of Santo Tomas. Looks to have spread to about 40 square miles/25,000 acres. It appears that the Ejido Uruapan fire is out.

https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#t:adv;d:2020-10-0...




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[*] posted on 10-1-2020 at 11:46 PM


yes San vicente fire is east side south. The dump burns trash has started this year 4 fires. it's out only because they caught same hill on fire . Three months ago can't imagine what's left to burn. The fire you speak about north is there days burning.
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[*] posted on 10-2-2020 at 06:46 AM


Windy.com has satellite info for many kinds of pollution and they can also display wildfire locations.

click More layers...

click Fire intensity
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[*] posted on 10-2-2020 at 02:50 PM


fire north san vicente still going with two new ones. just north of city.
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