(The previous Post #8 was deleted.) The revised burned area has been set at 8,623 acres. This is based on an overnight infrared flyover by NIROPS.
Total personnel is still listed at 510. We expect additional personnel to be arriving today so that figure should rise in both the evening and Tuesday morning reports. We have been unable to determine the quantity and type of aerial assets assigned to The Tinder Fire.
We did learn that an NWS IMET arrived in fire camp yesterday. The IMET, as usual, will be a huge help to Day's T1 IMT in understanding localized weather patterns.
ABC15 did a Monday morning live flyby and captured very instructive video showing fire behavior at numerous locations along the far flung fireline. Even though the ADOT Clint's Well weather data site shows relatively light overall wind and gusts in the teens, the ABC 15 overflight indicated active, wind-driven fire behavior. Since winds are expected to increase Monday, we would expect fire behavior to likewise accelerate.
Winds will continue to blow out of the southwest and south southwest so the trend will be for the fire to continue to burn toward the northeast. However, yesterday's fire activity produced numerous spot fires alongside and ahead of the main fire. Fire fighters definitely have their hands full in addressing these challenging conditions.
The Monday morning IMT report indicates structures were lost on Sunday. However, no official assessment has been conducted to determine the number of structures lost. Undoubtedly it is too dangerous for officials to venture into the burned areas to conduct such assessments.
Typically in incidents such as this one, the Incident Commander will issue a call for assistance to fire departments from statewide cities and towns. It is not uncommon for scores of structural strike teams and other assets to be sent to such an incident. We would expect that to happen today and tomorrow. We would expect such municipal assets to be assigned throughout the area to conduct structural fire protection in the event of sudden changes in fire direction and/or behavior.
The bulk of our coverage today will be on Twitter via the hashtag #TinderFire.
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