Incident Update Park Fire
- Date:
- 07/24/2024
- Time:
- 11:26 PM
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
- Under Investigation
- Counties
- Butte
- Administration Unit
- Unified Command: CAL FIRE Butte Unit & City of Chico Fire Department
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 6,465
- Containment
- 3%
- Structures Threatened
- Structures Destroyed
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
The incident is under unified command with the City of Chico Fire Department as this incident started in Bidwell Park, a “mutual threat zone” area of Butte County. The fire is well established. Fire personnel are currently focusing on evacuations and structure defense while concurrently building direct containment lines utilizing bulldozers, fire crews and fire engines. More resources have been ordered and are inbound from various areas throughout Northern California.
Evacuation Zones
Evacuation Information:
Evacuation Orders and Warnings
Evacuation Orders
- BUT-CH-150
- BUT-CNE-312
- BUT-CNE-313
- BUT-CNE-317
- BUT-CNE-318
- BUT-COH-250
- BUT-COH-251
- BUT-COH-252
- BUT-COH-253
- BUT-FR-260
- BUT-FR-261
- BUT-FR-262
- BUT-FR-265
- BUT-FR-266
- BUT-FR-268
- BUT-FR-269
- BUT-FR-271
- TEH-736
- TEH-854
- TEH-856
- TEH-858
- TEH-882
- TEH-882-A
- TEH-882-B
Evacuation Warnings
- BUT-CNE-311
- BUT-CNE-314
- BUT-CNE-315
- BUT-CNE-316
- TEH-726
- TEH-728
- TEH-732
- TEH-734
- TEH-852
Evacuation Maps
Evacuation Center
Neighborhood Church 2801 Notre Dame Blvd, Chico
Animal Shelters
Small Animal Shelter: 2279 Del Oro, Oroville
Large Animal Shelter: Camelot Equestrian Park 1985 Clark Road, Oroville
Road Closures
- Cohasset Rd. at Rock Creek, Upper Park Rd. at Wildwood.
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 24
- Water Tenders
- 6
- Helicopters
- 5
- Dozers
- 8
- Hand Crews
- 6
- Other
- 17
- Total Personnel
- 216