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INCIDENT UPDATED 7/26/2008

Approximate Location

36.564 latitude, -76.486 longitude

Incident Overview

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FINAL UPDATE

Fire behavior resumed yesterday after Wednesday's rains on northern perimeter and in and around unburned interior pockets. No new precipitation was received on Thursday. Lightning from Wednesday's thunderstorms may have ignited new starts. Operations today and into the near term will focus on continued flooding operations north and south of Interior Ditch with high volume pumps. Crews will mop up several hotspots along South Ditch and Riddick Ditch. Aerial and ground based detection patrols will start to look for new lightning starts. Weather conditions will be a major factor in keeping the fire inside the existing perimeter.

Basic Information

Incident Type	Wildland Fire
Cause	Human
Date of Origin	Monday June 09th, 2008 aprox 02:00 PM
Location	Twelve miles southeast of Suffolk, Virginia
Incident Commander	Tim Craig

Current Situation

Total Personnel	88
Size	4,664 acres
Percent Contained	100%
Estimated Containment Date	Thursday July 31st, 2008 aprox 05:00 PM
Fuels Involved	12, medium logging slash. Logging slash, and blowndown in heavy fuels. Hardwoods with Atlantic white cedar.
Fire Behavior	Fire behavior resumed yesterday after Wednesday's rains on northern perimeter and in and around unburned interior pockets. No new precipitation was received on Thursday. Lightning from Wednesday's thunderstorms may have ignited new starts.
Significant Events	Operations today and into the near term will focus on continued flooding operations north and south of Interior Ditch with high volume pumps. Crews will mop up several hotspots along South Ditch and Riddick Ditch. Aerial and ground based detection patrols will start to look for new lightning starts. Weather conditions will be a major factor in keeping the fire inside the existing perimeter.