Gap Fire, Goleta, July 2008 |
The Gap Fire started burning on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 1 near West Camino Cielo on the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains above Goleta.
Slideshow of the helicopters fighting the Gap Fire.
A Carson Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N joined the helicopters fighting the fire.
There are still some plumes of smoke rising from the crest of the mountains.
Carson Helicopters Sikorsky S-61N N905AL flies as Tanker 761. It was built in 1974.
A pair of Sikorsky Skycranes lifted slurry from a station on Bishop Ranch to the hot spots on the ridge and in Elwood Canyon.
Tanker 744.
Poweer lines run through the burn area off the end of Glen Annie Road. Fires burning under the powerlines have caused several power outages.
Erickson Air Crane Sikorsky S64E Skycrane N247AC flies as Tanker 744. It was built for the civilian market in 1968.
Helicopter Transport Services Sikorsky CH-54B Skycrane N720HT flies as Tanker 720. It is a veteran of the US Army. Its Army tail number was 69-18463. It has accumulated 4,400 flight hours. It fights fires in Australia sor five months each year.
Tanker 720.
Tanker 720.
Tanker 744.
Tanker 744 sucks up a load of retardant at Bishop Ranch.
Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
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Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
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Santa Barbara County Fire Department Bell UH-1H Huey N205FD Tanker 309
Santa Barbara County Fire Department Bell UH-1H Huey N205KS Tanker 308
Era Aviation Bell 212 N508EH
Marine Corps Boeing-Vertol CH-46F Sea Knight BuNo 155315 Tanker 906
Marine Corps Boeing-Vertol CH-46F Sea Knight BuNo 156426 Tanker 904
Columbia Helicopters Kawasaki-Vertol KV107-11 N184CH
Siller Brothers Sikorsky S-61N N15456
Evergreen Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane N6979R Tanker 707
Helicopter Transport Services Sikorsky CH-54B Skycrane N720HT Tanker 720
Erickson Air Crane Sikorsky S64E Skycrane N247AC 744
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Cathedral Oaks was closed from Gelnn Annie to Turnpike on Saturday morning. It was reopened in the afternoon. A helicopter slurry station was set up on Bishop Ranch. Four Marine Corps Boeing-Vertol CH-46F Sea Knights, two Santa Barbara County Fire Bell UH-1H Hueys, and a pair of Sikorsky Skycranes carried loads of slurry to the hot spots near West Camino Cielo.
Marine Corps Boeing-Vertol CH-46F Sea Knight BuNo 157652 of HMM-268 based at Naval Air Station Lemoore is flying as Tanker 905.
CH-46F Sea Knight BuNo 155315 of HMM-268 is flying as Tanker 906.
CH-46F Sea Knight BuNo 157723 of HMM(T)-154 is flying as Tanker 903.
Tanker 903.
Tanker 903.
CH-46F Sea Knight BuNo 156426 of HMM(T)-154 is flying as Tanker 904.
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Tanker 904.
Helicopter Transport Services Sikorsky CH-54B Skycrane N720HT flies as Tanker 720.
Palm Springs Aviation Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III N613LH.
Tanker 720
Tanker 720
Tanker 720
Tanker 720
Sea Knights and LongRanger sitting in the long grass at Bishop Ranch..
Tanker 720
Tanker 720
Tanker 720
Tanker 720.
Tanker 720
Tanker 720
Tankers 903 and 904 take off without their Bambi buckets.
Tankers 905 and 906 take off without their Bambi buckets.
The four Sea Knights formed up and headed back to NAS Lemoore.
Tanker 903.
Tanker 904.
Tanker 906.
Tanker 905
Palm Springs Aviation Bell 206L-3 LongRanger III N613LH.
Tanker 720
Helicopter Transport Services Sikorsky CH-54B Skycrane N720HT Tanker 720.
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Tanker 720
Santa Barbara County Fire Department Bell UH-1H Huey N205KS flies as Tanker 308. It is equipped with a snorkel.
Santa Barbara County Fire Department Bell UH-1H Huey N205FD flies as Tanker 309. It carries a Bambi bucket.
Tanker 308.
Tanker 309.
Erickson Air Crane Sikorsky S64E Skycrane N247AC flies as Tanker 744.
Tanker 744.
Hotspots along West CAmino Cielo on the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Cathedral Oaks is closed eastbound at Los Carneros.
The DC-10 tanker was sighted over the Sante Ynez Mountains at 12:50 PM.
A pair of CH-46 Sea Knights and the Santa Barbara County UH-1H have been making drops on the fire as a North American OV-10 Bronco orbits overhead.
Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight 904
Santa Barbara County Fire Department Bell UH-1H Huey N205FD
Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight 904
Another parade of fire trucks along Cathedral Oaks.
Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight 904
Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights 903 and 904
CDF North American OV-10A Bronco.
A gray layer of smoke hangs over the city. The wind is still and the intensity of the fire has abated.
Emergency vehicles are staging at Dos Pueblos high School.
Thursday evening they evacuated north of Cathedral Oaks from Fairview to Patterson.
The power failure sent many people out of their houses to look at the fire.
Hot spots flared in scattered locations across the mountsinside.
Power in the area went out about 7:30 PM. It was restored about 11:30 PM.
The plume of smoke from the Gap Fire blowing south over Goleta.
Aerial tankers
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