BakersRelayFrom WLOS.com ABCNews: Wildfire state of emergency continues: Poplar Drive and Collett Ridge fires update
#PoplarDriveFire #NorthCarolina
Number of Personnel Assigned: 98
Summary: The Poplar Drive Fire in Henderson County is now 75% contained while being held to 434 acres in size..
Fire Behavior: Minimal smoldering remains within the fire footprint. Potential for fire reignition is elevated due to leaf fall and snags…
Updated 11/13/2023 at 9 a.m.
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#PoplarDriveFire #NorthCarolina
Summary: The Poplar Drive Fire in Henderson County remains 434 acres in size and 50% contained...Firefighters will… benefit from the rain & cooler temps to work aggressively on mop-up operations, strengthen containment lines with dozer equipment & hand crews, & press further into the smoldering areas of the fire. Water handling operations with drop tanks, water tender equipment and hose lays will continue throughout Saturday...
Updated 11/11/2023 at 9 a.m.
#PoplarDriveFire #NorthCarolina
Estimated Size: 434 acres
Containment: 30%
# Personnel: 199
County is 434 acres & is 30% contained. Yesterday’s…firing operation along Kyles Creek Road was a success, strengthening containment lines along the western boundary. Today firefighters continue to mop-up smoldering pockets around the fire, using water handling equipment…& hand tools for exposing heat…soil layer.
Updated 11/10/2023 at 9 a.m.
#PoplarDriveFire #NorthCarolina
Percent Contained 30%
Incident Size (Acres) 434
Estimated Cost to Date $378,750
Fire Cause Undetermined
Type 1 Incident
Fire Discovery Date Time Nov. 3, 2023, 2:45 p.m.
Fire Discovery Age 6 days
Residence Destroyed 3
City HENDERSONVILLE
County Henderson
State NC
Primary Fuel Model Timber (Litter and Understory)
Total Incidnet Personnel 199
Date Time Nov. 9, 2023, 5:43 p.m.
https://data.newsleader.com/fires/poplar-drive/4b5d88df-73b4-495c-9acc-22db051e57c3/
#PoplarDriveFire #NorthCarolina
Percent Contained 15%
Incident Size (Acres) 431
Est Cost to Date $176,311
Fire Cause Undetermined
Type 1 Incident
Fire Discovery Date Time Nov. 3, 2023, 2:45 p.m.
Fire Discovery Age 5 days
Residence Destroyed 1
City HENDERSONVILLE
County Henderson
State NC
Primary Fuel Model Timber (Litter and Understory)
Total Incidnet Personnel 207
Modified Date Time Nov. 8, 2023, 5:34 p.m.
https://data.newsleader.com/fires/poplar-drive/4b5d88df-73b4-495c-9acc-22db051e57c3/
Percent Contained 5%
Incident Size (Acres) 250
Estimated Cost to Date $80,000
Fire Cause Undetermined
Type 4 Incident
Fire Discovery Date Time Nov. 3, 2023, 2:45 p.m.
Fire Discovery Age 3 days
Residence Destroyed 2
City HENDERSONVILLE
County Henderson
State NC
Primary Fuel Model Timber (Litter and Understory)
Total Incidnet Personnel 195
Modified Date Time Nov. 6, 2023, 12:12 p.m.
https://data.newsleader.com/fires/poplar-drive/4b5d88df-73b4-495c-9acc-22db051e57c3/
#PoplarDriveFire #HendersonCounty #Hendersonville #NorthCarolina
Percent Contained 5%
Incident Size (Acres) 175
Estimated Cost to Date $40,000
Fire Cause Undetermined
Type 4 Incident
Discovery Date Time Nov. 3, 2023, 2:45 p.m.
Age 1 days
Primary Fuel Model Timber (Litter and Understory)
Total Incidnet Personnel 174
Modified Date Time Nov. 4, 2023, 9:38 p.m.
https://data.newsleader.com/fires/poplar-drive/4b5d88df-73b4-495c-9acc-22db051e57c3/