Montgomery/Orr Fire Update

Note: This is not info about Greenfield. It's about the Orr Series Fire.

Thanks to constant and accurate efforts by the helicopter crews, Cal Fire
was able to push the fire back off of the ridge. Bill and Mary Ann Peter can
give you a better description of the fire on the ridge, because they went up
where they could see it burning on the other side.
Cal Fire and all the crews took this incursion very seriously and responded
quickly. They brought equipment to fight the fire, people to keep an eye on
the fire, people to watch for embers flying over to the "green" on this side
of the fire, and they quickly prepared a team to get out to all the
addresses on the road if need be.
I don't know what to tell you about what the future will hold. With at least
two days of hot, dry weather ahead, the fire becomes very difficult to
control or predict. Even now, as I started a moment ago to write that it was
quieter on the ridge, a firefighter came up to warn us that a new section of
fire flared up the other side and a couple of places on our side (all in the
"black"). They said to expect to see fires burning on the ridge tonight.
I asked Brian Kornegay, the Incident Commander what to tell you, and he said
that what happens for the next couple of days will depend on the weather.
Cal Fire is as prepared as they can be, but with this weather pattern,
things can change quickly.

He suggests you should:

1) be ready to leave

2) be sure to have your address clearly marked so they can get to you if
they need to

Cal Fire is here in force tonight and will be back tomorrow. They know this
is an unpredictable fire and they still want to keep if from breaking out of
the containment perimeter they have worked so hard to create.
--Rod