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On July 24th, 2024, the Park Fire started near Bidwell Municipal Park in Chico, California. The fire quickly spread with rapid rates of spread and extreme fire behavior. The fire quickly burned through the 41,000-acre Ishi wilderness and has moved deeper on to the Lassen National Forest as well as private, state and other federal lands.
The Park Fire is a CAL FIRE incident but the US Forest Service and Lassen National Forest are fully engaged with our partners and working toward full suppression of this fire in order to protect our communities and natural resources.
For more information on the ParkFire please visit:
CALFIRE Park Fire: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire
Butte County Sheriff: https://www.facebook.com/bcsonews
CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit/ Tehama County Fire Department: https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRETGU
CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit/Shasta County Fire Department: https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRESHU
Butte County, CA: https://www.facebook.com/ButteCounty
Evacuations
All evacuation warnings and orders are issued through the local county’s Sheriff Office.
- Tehama County Sheriff's Office– (530) 529-7900
- Butte County Sheriff's Office – (833) 512-5378
- Shasta County Sheriff's Office – (530) 245-6000
- Plumas County Sheriff's Office – (530) 283-6375
To see if you are in evacuation orders or warning zones, click on your county below.
- Butte County Evacuation Map
- Plumas County Evacuation Map
- Shasta County Evacuation Map
- Tehama County Evacuation Map
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| Current as of | Tue, 09/03/2024 - 12:24 |
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| Incident Time Zone | America/Los_Angeles |
| Incident Type | Wildfire |
| Cause | Arson |
| Date of Origin | |
| Location | Upper Bidwell Park, Butte County, Tehama County, Shasta County |
| Incident Commander | John Truett - SWCIMT2 Jesse White - CAL FIRE |
| Incident Description | Wildfire |
| Coordinates |
39° 49' 7'' Latitude
-121° 48' 9
'' Longitude
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| Total Personnel: | 606 |
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| Size | 429,603 Acres |
| Percent of Perimeter Contained | 98% |
| Estimated Containment Date | 09/01/2024 |
| Fuels Involved | Timber (Grass and Understory) Timber (Litter and Understory) Brush (2 feet) : |
| Significant Events | Minimal smoldering |
| Planned Actions |
Continue to execute the Fire Suppression Repair Plan to minimize adverse effects to resources identified from impacts resulting from fire suppression. The Roads Group will continue repair of Pondersosa Road and FS Road 17 with Graders, Excavators and Water Tenders. Suppression Repair Groups are working with Resource Advisors near sensitive areas and identifying suppression lines needing repair. Operations include Chipping, water-baring with equipment along dozerline, scattering brush/slash along identified areas. Hazard Tree mitigation being implemented by saw teams and equipment along identified areas. Hazards are identified and mitigated. |
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| Projected Incident Activity |
12/24 hours: Smoldering will continue within the interior of the northern half of the fire area although it is anticipated to be quite distant from control lines. While the smoldering does not constitute a threat to containment or values at risk, isolated smokes may be visible from roads. Existing heat sources within the Park Fire perimeter will continue smoldering. The primary concern regarding fire behavior is the usage of heavy equipment continuing tasks with the potential to create sparks, and fire weakened trees containing heat-cured foliage falling near existing hot spots. 48 hours: Smoldering within the fire perimeter. The weather is predicted to enter a warming and drying trend which will result in a corresponding decrease in dead fuel moisture. This will not change the fire potential within the existing fire footprint, but the potential for new ignitions in the surrounding area is likely to begin increasing as ERC, BI, and fuel moistures continue to decrease throughout the area. 72 hours: Many of the residual smoldering heat sources on the interior of the fire area will continue to slowly burn themselves out as remaining fuel is consumed. As the warming and drying trend continues, fuel moistures will decrease down to seasonal norms while ERC increases and approaches long-term seasonal averages, recovering from the rain event on August 24. Fuels remain conducive for new ignitions outside the burned area but limited to no activity is anticipated within the fire perimeter. |
| Weather Concerns | High Pressure is building back in over the upper elevation fire area. Temperatures which have been below normal are expected to climb. dramatically over the next few days to above normal. Winds will decrease over the fire area and the humidity will remain fairly consistent. There is a possibility that another Low-Pressure system will cross the fire area next weekend. There are no precipitation events forecast through at least the next five days. |
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