Vista Fire. Valley News/U.S. Fire Service/San Bernardino National Forest photo/Facebook
The Vista Fire, on the southside of Lytle Creek, has claimed 2,936 acres and is at 79% containment as of Thursday, July 18. Firefighters will patrol, mop-up and check containment lines throughout the fire. Crews remain prepared to mobilize and respond to any new fire starts nearby due to availability of dry fuels. Firefighters will continue suppression repair operations and remove equipment from containment and contingency lines.
“It’s July and we have reached PL5 nationally. In California we have ten incident management teams, and seven of them are assigned,” said Tom Clemo, Incident Commander. “We are going to go slow and be careful with our suppression repair plan.”
PL5, or Preparedness Level 5, indicates that there are ongoing major incidents and that agency resources a
