4,000 firefighters, 25 major wildfires/complexes, over 2.2 million acres burned, 8 fatalities, more than 3300 structures destroyed. RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TOMORROW – EXTREME FIRE DANGER!
THE SLATER FIRE THAT BROKE OUT EARLIER TODAY NEAR SLATER BUTTE LOOKOUT, HAS GROWN TO NEARLY A THOUSAND ACRES, AND FORCED THE EVACUATION OF THE COMMUNITY OF HAPPY CAMP, PLUS THE CLOSURE OF EASTBOUND STATE ROUTE 96 FIVE MILES SOUTH OF TOWN, AND WEST BOUND, THREE MILES FROM SEAID VALLEY.
BUTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ORDERED MANDATORY EVACUATIONS FOR FEATHER FALLS AND CLIPPER MILLS AREAS DUE TO THE BEAR FIRE IN PLUMAS COUNTY, WHICH IS ENCROACHING ON BUTTE COUNTY.
IF YOU’RE TRAVELING TO OREGON, I5 NORTH IS CLOSED IN ASHLAND FROM EXIT 14 TO EXIT 24 IN PHOENIX OREGON, DUE TO FIRE.
MORE EVACUATIONS ARE ORDERED IN PLUMAS COUNTY, FROM THE FIRE COMPLEX THAT HAS BEEN RAGING THERE FOR WEEKS.
- Oak Fire, Mendocino County NEW
- North of Willits
- *863 acres, 5% contained
- *Evacuations in place
- LNU Lightning Complex, multiple North Bay counties
- Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Colusa, Solano, and Yolo Counties
- *375,209 acres, 91% contained
- *Hennessey (merged fires) 317,909 acres, 91% contained
- *Wallbridge 54,940 acres, 95% contained
- *1,491 structures destroyed
- *Evacuations in place
- *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 2 in command
- SCU Lightning Complex, multiple Easy Bay counties
- Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties
- *396,624 acres, 95% contained
- *20 fires in the complex, several have merged together
- *Evacuations and road closures in place
- *224 structures destroyed
- *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 6 command
- CZU August Lightning Complex, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties
- *86,509 acres, 81% contained
- *Multiple fires
- *Evacuations and road closures in place
- *1,490 structures destroyed
- *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 3 command
- Butte/Tehama/Glenn (BTU/TGU) Lightning Complex, multiple Counties
- Butte, Tehama and Glenn Counties
- *69,735 acres, 58% contained
- *Elkhorn 50,126 acres, 55% contained
- *Ivory/Doe 16,100 acres, 95% contained
- *Potters (5-4) 927 acres, 98% contained
- *Includes multiple other smaller fires
- *14 structures destroyed
- *CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 4 in command
- Sheep Fire, Lassen County
- 4 miles southwest of Susanville (Plumas & Lassen National Forest)
- *29,570 acres, 90% contained
- *26 structures destroyed
- *CAL FIRE Lassen-Modoc Unit and CA IMT 10 in unified command
- August Complex, Tehama County
- Elk Creek and Stonyford area (Mendocino National Forest)
- *356,312 acres 24% contained
- *Includes multiple fires including the Doe Fire
- North Complex, Plumas County
- Southwest of Susanville (Plumas National Forest)
- *40,372 acres, 50% contained
- *Evacuations in place
- *Includes the Bear and Claremont Fire
- *CA IMT Team 1 is in command
- Red Salmon Complex – Humboldt County
- 14 miles northeast of Willow Creek (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
- *45,476 acres, 20% contained
- W-5 Cold Springs, Lassen County
- 11 miles east of Madeline (Bureau of Land Management – Northern CA District)
- *84,817 acres, 98% containment
- Hobo, Vegetation Fire, Trinity County
- North of Helena (Shasta Trinity National Forest)
- *413 acres, 90% contained