Incident Update Park Fire
- Date:
- 08/15/2024
- Time:
- 8:11 AM
Public Information Line: (530) 487-0857
Callers outside Butte, Tehama, or Shasta Counties: (866) 916 - 3566
Media Information Line: (530) 282 - 5808
Incident Facts
- Name
- Park Fire
- Start Date/Time
- 2024-07-24
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Off Upper Park Road in Upper Bidwell Park, East of Chico
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Arson
- Counties
- Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Tehama
- Administration Unit
- Unified Command: CAL FIRE Butte Unit, CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit and Lassen National Forest
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 429,263
- Containment
- 45%
- Structures Threatened
- 1,088
- Structures Destroyed
- 637
- Structures Damaged
- 49
- Civilian Injuries
- 0
- Firefighter Injuries
- 0
- Civilian Fatalities
- 0
- Firefighter Fatalities
- 0
Current Situation
Situation Summary
CAL FIRE:
Good overnight humidity recovery combined with suppression efforts produced minimal fire activities throughout the night which held the fire within containment lines.
Today crews continue to work on suppression repair, mitigating smokes, responding to public service calls and making it safe for repopulations in some areas.
In the northern parts of the fire, crews are working to ensure fire remains within the existing perimeter and control lines by increasing mop-up depth, removing hazardous trees and extinguishing smokes.
High temperatures will rise to the 80s today and minimum relative humidity will lower to around 25% to 35%.
Lassen National Forest:
Slightly lower temperatures and elevated relative humidity recovery overnight lessened potential for fire spread and aided firefighters. Personnel continued tactical patrol and mop-up around the entire Park Fire with no new perimeter growth.
The emphasis for work today is removing hazardous trees along roadways and suppression repair work - particularly along the northern portion of the fire on California state roads 32, 36 and 172.
The short-term forecast calls for continued favorable weather conditions over the next several days, which will aid firefighters in their efforts to increase containment of the fire. Despite improved weather conditions, interior pockets of unburned fuels will continue to produce smoke and smolder, resulting in localized hazy conditions over those areas.
Cal Fire Incident Management Team 4 and the Lassen National Forest remain in unified command to develop and execute collaborative, risk-informed strategies, and tactics for full suppression of the Park Fire.
The #ParkFire has burned 113,744 acres on the Lassen National Forest.
Damage Inspection Teams have completed 100% of their assessments.
Between both counties, there are *641 destroyed structures and *52 damaged structures. *The total number destroyed and damaged includes infrastructure.
- Butte County
No damage: 893 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Damaged: 47 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Destroyed: 428 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
- Tehama County
No damage: 391 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Damaged: 5 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Destroyed: 213 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Incident Photos & Video
Press Conferences and Operational Briefings
Butte Zone:
Tehama Zone:
State of Emergency and Federal Assistance
- Governor Newsom secures additional federal assistance for Park Fire, surveys damage
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/27/governor-newsom-secures-additional-federal-assistance-for-park-fire-surveys-damage/ - Governor Newsom proclaims state of emergency in Plumas, Butte and Tehama counties due to fires
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/26/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-in-plumas-butte-and-tehama-counties-due-to-fires/ - California secures federal assistance to support response to Park Fire
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/25/california-secures-federal-assistance-to-support-response-to-park-fire/
Evacuation Zones
Evacuation Information:
Evacuation Orders and Warnings
Tehama County
Evacuation Orders:
TEH-698, TEH-720-A, TEH-720-B, TEH-720-C, TEH-726, TEH-716, TEH-718, TEH-722, MLC-712, MLC-714, MIN-706, PCK-472, PCK-474-B
Evacuation Warnings:
TEH-446-C, TEH-448-B, TEH-730, DLS-446-A, DLS-446-C, DLS-466-B, DLS-462-B, TEH-856, TEH-854-A, PSR-478, PSR-480, PSR-482, PCK-476, TEH-448-C, 474-A, DLS-446-B, PCK-474-A, PCK-468, TEH-722, TEH-724, TEH-696-B, TEH-696-C, TEH-720-D, TEH-726-A, MIN-700, MIN-702, MIN-704, MIN-708, MIN-710, TEH-448-A, TEH-728, TEH-726-B
Plumas County
Evacuation Orders:
No evacuation orders for Plumas County.
Evacuation Warnings:
PLU-001-A, PLU-001-B, PLU-002-A
Shasta County
Evacuation Orders:
No evacuation orders for Shasta County.
Evacuation Warnings:
OLD-5090, MAN-5040, MAN-5060, SHI-5070-A, SHI-5070-B, SHI-5120-A
Road Closures
Butte County
- Highway 32 at Humboldt Rd
Tehama County
- Highway 36 between Highway 172 and Highway 32
- Highway 36 at Little Giant Mill Road
- Plum Creek Road at Little Giant Mill Road
Shasta County
- Highway 89 through Lassen National Park is closed
Evacuation Resources
Evacuation Resource Center:
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church
510 Jefferson St.
Red Bluff, CA 96080
Hours:- Saturday: 9AM to 6PM
- Sunday: 11AM-6PM
- Saturday: 9AM to 6PM
- Red Bluff Community Center
1500 S. Jackson St.
Red Bluff, CA 96080- August 15th, 16th, and 17th
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Butte County Local Assistance Center
2156 Pillsbury Road Suite 100
Chico, CA 95926
- Open up to 2 weeks
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 336
- Water Tenders
- 209
- Helicopters
- 14
- Dozers
- 85
- Hand Crews
- 120
- Other
- 169
- Total Personnel
- 5056
Cooperating Agencies
Name | Phone | Address | URL |
---|---|---|---|
Butte County Sheriff's Office, Tehama County Sheriff's Office, Shasta County Sheriff's Office, City of Chico Fire Department, City of Chico Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Pacific Gas and Electric, California Conservation Corps, Bureau of Land Management, California Department of Transportation, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sierra Pacific Industries, Collins Pine Company, California Office of Emergency Services, California National Guard, Lassen Volcanic National Park |