As the updated incident map from U.S. Wildland Fire Service shows, the edge of the active fire has been contained to the areas of bold red line. (Click on image to go to link.) The fire is considered to be 72% containment. Firefighting aircraft have been released, though they remain available if needed. The active fire edge and hot spots will be the focus over the weekend.
Drone footage of the rare Santa Rosa Island Torrey pine grove has been made public at:
https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-videos-gallery/cacnp-santa-rosa-island-fire
The videos provide hopeful images of pines still standing.
Information on island foxes will not be available until the firefighting effort has concluded. FIF hopes to have more information, soon.
While the active fire seems to be coming under control, this has become the largest fire documented in modern times on the California Channel Islands with 18,379 acres burned.
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| Island fox footprints |
