The Slink Fire Invades Little Antelope Valley
It left Slinkard Valley yesterday and came over the hills to burn above Coleville and Walker last night. It was listed as 6500 acres and 5% contained.
As I drove away, the brightest spot turned into a fire tornado at least a couple of hundred feet tall!
Living in the Eastern Sierra can be an adventure in itself, with periodic wildfires fanned by high winds in dry conditions. In August of 2020 the Slink Fire erupted in the Slinkard Valley, and eventually came over the ridge to appear above the homes in the towns of Walker and Coleville in Little Antelope Valley. I captured this image just a few miles from my house, along the detour of Highway 395. The bright spot with floodlights in the left foreground is the camp of firefighters and their command center. Fortunately this fire was contained before it cause too much damage, but a later one fanned by winds over 50 MPH burned over 70 structures in the neighboring community of Walker. Residents and governmental agencies have been reducing sagebrush in and around neighborhoods to minimize future fire wildfire risk.
The Slink Fire Invades Little Antelope Valley
It left Slinkard Valley yesterday and came over the hills to burn above Coleville and Walker last night. It was listed as 6500 acres and 5% contained.
As I drove away, the brightest spot turned into a fire tornado at least a couple of hundred feet tall!
Living in the Eastern Sierra can be an adventure in itself, with periodic wildfires fanned by high winds in dry conditions. In August of 2020 the Slink Fire erupted in the Slinkard Valley, and eventually came over the ridge to appear above the homes in the towns of Walker and Coleville in Little Antelope Valley. I captured this image just a few miles from my house, along the detour of Highway 395. The bright spot with floodlights in the left foreground is the camp of firefighters and their command center. Fortunately this fire was contained before it cause too much damage, but a later one fanned by winds over 50 MPH burned over 70 structures in the neighboring community of Walker. Residents and governmental agencies have been reducing sagebrush in and around neighborhoods to minimize future fire wildfire risk.