{"id":1566,"date":"2023-08-15T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/23\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2023-08-15T13:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T21:10:50","slug":"opinion-who-is-to-blame-for-the-caldor-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/23\/news\/opinion-who-is-to-blame-for-the-caldor-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION – Who is to Blame for the CALDOR Fire?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Years Ago Today I was Evacuated From the CALDOR Fire<\/a>.\u00a0 I had reported that a fire had been called in and the Fire Agency was responding.\u00a0 It was late and as it was called in and being responded to I went to bed.\u00a0 Shortly after I dozed off I heard a LOUD pounding at my door.\u00a0 It was Ray Nutting, owner of the large ranch at the top end of Happy Valley Road.\u00a0 He said there was a fire and I had to go.\u00a0 I responded that it was called in and it was being taken care of.. He literally grabbed my shirt and pulled me to the edge of the deck so I could see the small ridge separating us from Grizzly Flats<\/a>.\u00a0 I could see the flames cresting the ridge and the explosions that were Propane tanks blowing up.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I needed no more convincing that it was time to make an emergency evacuation!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I loaded the big car with vital papers, my wife and her senior infimed mother, the dogs, and the cats and drove down the mountain as fast as I could.\u00a0 I was bounced from the Diamond Springs Evac center so I went to a friend’s house in Pollock.\u00a0 Before everyone was out of the car we heard the Sheriff’s cars announcing an Evacuation of Pollock Pines.\u00a0 We got back in the car and evacuated again without hesitation.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Within hours I was reporting from an Evacuation center in Green Valley.\u00a0 As I watched over a few days of the PIO giving briefings I saw the “Fire Map” with the fire on the property I had left with nearly everything I owned.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It was on the Grizzly Flats side coming down Little Butte Peak<\/a> onto the Southern edge of the property.\u00a0 It was on the property but did not cross over a National FOrest road that is on the property at the southernmost edge.\u00a0 I breathed a moment of relief.\u00a0 It was short lived!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

24 hours later the update was that a strategic backburn fire to save Sly Park had crossed over the starting point with an unexpected wind shift. It was out of control. It was now burning Westward in the Camp Creek river ravine.\u00a0 A steep\u00a0 canyon\u00a0 heavily overgrown that bordered the Eastern side of the property that I lived on had and evacuated the night that Grizzly Flats was razed by the all-consuming inferno now called the Caldor Fire.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I could see from the fire map that the fire was burning on the Northern edge of the property.\u00a0 I was not able to get ahold of Ray Nutting to get any update.\u00a0 The next fire map update by the Sheriff’s PIO showed the fire had rounded the corner and was now burning on the Western Edge of the Ranch.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before that part of the fire was in control a statement was issued that a Bulldozer fighting the fire had been “Burned Over” but that operator was not hurt.\u00a0 I could not get any information on the location or name of the bulldozer or operator.\u00a0 until I finally got home as the fire had moved East away from the Grizzly Flats area and past Sly Park. When I was finally allowed to repopulate I drove to the driveway of the ranch and saw the bulldozer parked there.\u00a0 The top half blacked by fire and smoke, the bottom unburned with the distinctive Yellow color still visible.\u00a0 It was one of Ray Nutting’s bulldozers, and he was operating them to keep the fire from burning onto the houses on the ranch.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He and his sons had stayed on the ranch to fight the fire in the Strong objections of the fire professionals on scene.\u00a0 He disregarded the fire agency’s demand and exercised his Constitutional right to stay and fight to save his ranch in ways the professional firefighters did not – against the odds and regardless of his own personal danger of harm.\u00a0 Although the fire had made inroads of three sides of the ranch he and the combined efforts of firefighters including many airdrops had saved any structures from burning.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Ranch is a “Timber Ranch” meaning that the Trees are harvested as they reach maturity.\u00a0 Ray Nutting is a Logger.\u00a0 Part of Sustainable Logging<\/a> is removing competitive brush that takes water and other resources from the growing trees. As a secondary benefit that means the brush that is called a “Ladder Fuel” for fires is removed, considerably reducing fire risks.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

That\u00a0 was my subjective perspective.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

At the time, and to this day there has been much criticism of State and Federal Agencies for refusing to go full-heartedly to the initial firefight when it was first reported.\u00a0 Our own fire chief that was first on scene, [about the time I went to bed that first night] was unable to deploy her crew up the canyon from the fire as it was on a single dead-end road that would put the crew directly in front of a intense fire climbing uphill at a fast rate and at an extreme temperature.\u00a0 She immediately called in for airsupport to stop the fire as it raced up the canyon.\u00a0 I did not know this so I stopped reporting on the fire at that time and went to bed.\u00a0 Her request for air support was refused!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It was a stunning refusal as the area was a topic of a study just a few years prior that Calfire and local agencies had participated in.\u00a0 It was a known area that if a fire started there it would almost certainly grow very fast and threaten Grizzly Flats within a short period of time.\u00a0 So a vigorous fight by air support was critical.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But that request for air support was denied!<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

As was predicted the fire exploded into a conflagration that soon burned Grizzly Flats without mercy. I was fortunate that when allowed to repopulate I came home to a home.\u00a0 In part because of fate that I was one short ridge parallel to Grizzly Flats.\u00a0 In part because I live on a sustainable logging ranch with underbrush removed, and low branches removed, and dead trees quickly removed.\u00a0 In part because of a stubborn land owner with experience and heavy equipment that simply refused to walk away leaving his fate in the hands of others.\u00a0 In part because of professional firefighters that by then had tremendous airsupport.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A matter of Objective perspective.<\/span><\/h3>\n

 <\/p>\n

This is a story of sister fire of equal anger and destruction.\u00a0 One born shortly before the other and screaming angry when the other was born.\u00a0 Her name was Dixie<\/a>.\u00a0 She was born on July 13, 2021.\u00a0 Caldor was born on August 14, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dixie was born on Dixie street on the northern side of the Feather River Canyon in a remote area above Highway 70 and Cresta Dam, midway between Paradise and Belden.\u00a0 A PG&E equipment failure gave birth to her.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

By August 6, it had grown to become the largest single (non-complex) wildfire in our state’s history. It was already a HUGE, angry, and destructive fire by August 14, 2021.\u00a0 All available Northern California, as well as Southern California resources were dedicated to fighting her on August 14, 2021.\u00a0 The Dixie Fire was raging that day and was 320,000 acres. \u00a0 Before it was contained, the Dixie burned 963,309 acres.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The fire damaged or destroyed several small towns or communities, including Greenville on August 4, Canyondam on August 5, and Warner Valley on August 12.\u00a0 Caldor was born on August 14, 2021.\u00a0 It destroyed 1,329 buildings. It cost $1.15 billion to fight.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

All Hands available were fighting the Dixie fire – when on August 14, 2021 the Caldor fire started and was still just a brush fire. \u00a0 The CALDOR fire started at what was the height of the fight against the Dixie fire.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Before it was over the Caldor burned 221,835 acres.\u00a0 It burned down Grizzly Flats almost immediately after it started on August 14 and soon destroyed 1,003 buildings.\u00a0 The CALDOR fire cost $1.2 billion to fight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Because of this timing and severity of the Dixie Fire the state fire authorities held air support fire fighting planes to fight the Dixie fire at its height when the Caldor fire had just started and was relatively small.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Very soon after the start of the CALDOR fire it had grown from a brush fire to a fire that had burned down Grizzly Flats. Then the State Fire suppression priorities changed and air support was shifted.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Who is to blame for the magnitude of the CALDOR fire?\u00a0 The blame must be shared.<\/span><\/h3>\n


\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Initially by the State\u2019s and Fed\u2019s failure to manage wildfire risks in lands they mange<\/strong>;<\/span><\/p>\n

The time the CALDOR fire started<\/strong>;<\/span><\/p>\n

The Location the CALDOR fire started<\/strong>;<\/span><\/p>\n

The existing raging and historic size of the Dixie fire<\/strong> that was competing for dedicated resources; <\/span><\/p>\n

The cause of ignition of the fires<\/strong>. One being accepted as negligent maintenance of equipment by PG&E.\u00a0 The other allegedly to be from negligent actions of a couple of men.\u00a0 Both accidental, but both avoidable.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

In short, the blame is a matter of perspective.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Cris Alarcon.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a story of sister fires of equal anger and destruction.\u00a0 One born shortly before the other and screaming angry when the other was born.\u00a0 Her name was Dixie.\u00a0 She was born on July 13, 2021.\u00a0 Caldor was born on August 14, 2021.<\/p>\n

In short, the blame is a matter of perspective.<\/p>\n

Cris Alarcon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"7","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"no-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"float","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nOPINION - Who is to Blame for the CALDOR Fire?\u00a0 - Placerville NewsWire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inedc.com\/23\/news\/opinion-who-is-to-blame-for-the-caldor-fire\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OPINION - Who is to Blame for the CALDOR Fire?\u00a0 - Placerville NewsWire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a story of sister fires of equal anger and destruction.\u00a0 One born shortly before the other and screaming angry when the other was born.\u00a0 Her name was Dixie.\u00a0 She was born on July 13, 2021.\u00a0 Caldor was born on August 14, 2021. 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