Edhat Staff
Update by the edhat staff
4:00 p.m., July 14, 2023
The Los Padres National Forest and Carpenteria Fire Department has declared the Franklin fire out as of 4:00 p.m. Friday.
The cause of the small brush fire is due to a vulture making cross contact with nearby power lines.
Fire Above Carpinteria Seemingly Under Control at One Acre
Update by the edhat staff
6:00 p.m., July 12, 2023
The brush fire off Franklin Trail above Carpinteria has reportedly halted its progress.
The Los Padres National Forest reports the fire has grown to one acre and is burning in dense chaparral. There are no open flames and it is not spreading.
One Forest Service Engine will stay overnight and a hand crew will hike into the area on Thursday morning.
Franklin Trail is open to the public at this time.
#FRANKLINFIRE Aerial Video
UPDATE 7/12 @ 5PM
Firefighters on scene – 1 acre burning in chaparral, south aspect. No open flames & not spreading. Franklin Trail is open to the public.LPNF Engine 46 will stay overnight. Carpinteria Fire on scene. LPNF Crew 7 will hike in 7/13. pic.twitter.com/reDd0zj03M
— Los Padres NF (@LosPadresNF) July 13, 2023
Update by the edhat staff
2:30 p.m., July 12, 2023
Firefighters are on the scene of an active brush fire burning in the hills above Carpinteria High School.
Santa Barbara County firefighters, Air Support Unit Helicopter 3, and the Los Padres Forest Service are reporting a 1/2 acre fire adjacent to power lines in the U.S. Forest jurisdiction.
Captain Scott Safechuck stated there are no visible flames but active smoke from the now named “Franklin Fire” area.
Helicopter 3 is currently making water drops and ground crews are working to make access to the fire.
This is a developing story.
#FranklinIncident: Reported 1/2 acre vegetation fire adjacent to power lines in the US Forrest jurisdiction above Carpinteria High School. No visible flames noted, active smoke from the burn area, SBC ASU Copt 3 actively dropping water. Ground crews working to make access. pic.twitter.com/SdY1i9v2WH
— Scott Safechuck (@SBCFireInfo) July 12, 2023
Reported by an edhat reader
A heavy Bell Iroquois took water from the Birnam Wood Montecito golf course and has since made multiple water drops on what appears to be a fire in the hills 1 mile north of Carpinteria. Two helicopters are now working the fire…
Helicopters continue dropping water on a fire in the foothills north of Carpinteria.
Good thing we have an investigator to investigate why there is a fire under a power line and adjacent to a power pole.
If one were to examine the above photo, one can clearly see the trail is visible within the area of fire origin. This is exactly what the role of a fire investigator is, to determine the fire ORIGIN…it could have started trail side, it could have been related to the power grid. Let’s let the professionals do their jobs, rather than sarcastically infer you already know the cause of the fire.
Minibeast, you must be a barrel of laughs in company. What nitpicking.
I’m with Minibeast. Why not learn the correct words? He wasn’t rude about it.
AQUAHOLIC. For future reference: Imply vs Infer: Easy way to remember the difference is —- The speaker does the implying, and the listener does the inferring.
Thanks, John Wiley for bringing this up!!! Looks like your persistence prevailed…
Come in SCE, put bird diverters or perch deterrents up, we can’t afford another preventable wild fire.
Harder to sue Vultures than SCE.
Sounds like the vulture got fried. Or barbecued. Do they taste good?
I am surprised that no one has posted that we must eliminate electric transmission lines to save the condors, in the meme of we must not build wind power generators to the same reason! Anti-deluvian’s come forward and point this out.
OK 12:25 p.m. you win the gotcha game. The point being made is that complaining about every possible side effect or cost of new technology will, if credited, put us back in the pre-flood world of hunters and gatherers and short, brutal and nasty lives. The point was meant, by the way, as satire. Do you get what satire is?
When it’s well done, people get it. It’s tough to do in text.
A-1689439362 JUL 15, 2023 09:42 AM: The word is spelled “antediluvian.” If it’s antediluvian (“old-fashioned; antiquated”) to champion finding proactive ways to prevent incidental killing of birds, please do count me in.
I’ll bet Edison is happy that for once it wasn’t because they neglected to maintain their lines, and that it was a random bird strike. Darn vultures and their huge wingspans!
Yes, but having large birds electrocuted is a known hazard and is easy to mitigate against. SCE should space the distance between conductors of its power lines to be at least 83 inches. This will prevent electrocution of condors, eagles, hawks, and Turkey Vultures. It will also reduce the probably of wildfires caused by electrocuted birds.
It’s that simple, Condorhiker?
Would you please educate me (us) about the spacing?