Incident Update Park Fire

Situation Summary

CAL FIRE: The Park Fire remained active overnight.  The smoke provided shade and cloud cover, and moisture moderated fire behavior compared to the previous night.

The fire is being carried primarily by grass and brush, mixed timber and dead and downed vegetation.  The fuels are heavy, dry, and very receptive to fire. The first few days of this fire saw significant fire behavior and unprecedented fire spread. A few days of moderated weather allowed plans to be put in place to construct containment lines. Now that hot and dry weather has returned, those lines are being tested. Spot fires and active fire behavior are expected to present challenges for fire crews the next several days.

Thunderstorms are expected to continue today and could be more widespread in coverage. Higher temperatures, lower relative humidity and gusty winds could lead to critical fire behavior and plume development.

Fire continues to persist near communities, challenging crews in the wildland urban interface (WUI). Firefighters will continue working to open control lines from previous fires, as well as building new ones.

Firefighters are removing hazardous trees from populated areas, and utility crews are working to replace damaged infrastructure in order to allow the public to return home safely. There are many narrow roads across the fire area so please, give first responders and utility workers plenty of room to work and mind all traffic laws and public safety communications.

Lassen National Forest: The total Forest Service acres involved in the Park Fire is 95,353. The remaining 305,603 acres are on state and private lands for a total of 400,956 acres with 27% containment.

Fire activity in Deer Creek cast smoke to the north which helped to shade the sun and decrease activity in Mill Creek and Antelope Creek Canyons. While some areas of the fire received light precipitation, cloud cover and increased humidity over the entire fire area helped to moderate fire behavior. This helped crews continue to work towards keeping the fire away from the communities of Mill Creek and Mineral.

The current acreage is 400,956 total:

• Butte County: 52,937 acres
• Tehama County: 348,028 acres

Damage Inspection Teams are at 94% completion of their assessments. These numbers are updated twice daily.

Between both counties, there are *567 destroyed structures and *51 damaged structures. *The total number destroyed and damaged includes infrastructure.

• Butte County

No damage: 880 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)

Damaged: 46 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)

Destroyed: 427 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)

 

• Tehama County

No damage: 262 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)

Damaged: 5 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)

Destroyed: 140 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)

 

Park Fire Map

Incident Photos & Video

• Park Fire Photo Album
• Park Fire Youtube Playlist

News Releases / Media Advisories

• Arson Arrest News Release

Press Conferences and Operational Briefings

• YouTube - Park Fire Press Conferences and Briefings

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 Information:

Evacuation Orders and Warnings

Butte County

• Butte County Evacuation Map

Evacuation Orders:

         BUT-BM-236-B, BUT-COH-251-B, BUT-BM-236-B, BUT-COH-252, BUT-252-B, BUT-FR-260-B, BUT-BM-236-B, BUT-COH-250-B

Evacuation Warnings:

Zone 120, Zone 149, Zone 312-A This portion includes Cohasset Rd, Rock Creek Rd, and Sycamore Valley. Zone 262, Zone 272, Zone 317 B, Zone 253

Tehama County

• Tehama County Evacuation Map

Evacuation Orders:

TEH-470, TEH-498-B, TEH-694-A, TEH-694-B, TEH-696-A, TEH-720-B, TEH-720-C, TEH-726, TEH-728, TEH-730, TEH-732, TEH-736, TEH-496-B, TEH-500, TEH-696-A, TEH-696-B, TEH-698,  TEH-716, TEH-448, DLS-446-B, DLS-462-B, MLC-712, MLC-714, MIN-700, MIN-702, MIN-704, MIN-706, MIN-708, MIN-710, PCK-468, PCK-472, PCK-474, PCK-476

Evacuation Warnings:

TEH-408, TEH-496-C, TEH-498-C, TEH-718, TEH-720-A, TEH-722, TEH-724, TEH-734, TEH-856, TEH-854-A, TEH-858, TEH-882-B, TEH-882-C, MAN-410, MAN-412, MAN-414, MAN-416, MAN-418, MAN-420, MAN-422, MAN-424, MAN-426, MAN-428, DLS-444, DLS-446-A, DLS-462-B, DLS-466-A, DLS-466-B

Plumas County

• Plumas County Evacuation Map

Evacuation Orders:

No evacuation orders for Plumas County.

Evacuation Warnings:

PLU-001, PLU-040

Shasta County

• Shasta County Evacuation Map

Evacuation Orders:

All evacuation orders for Shasta County have been reduced to warnings. 

Evacuation Warnings:

OLD-5090, MAN-5000-A, MAN-5000-B, MAN-5010, MAN-5020, MAN-5030, MAN-5040, MAN-5060, SHI-5070-A, SHI-5070-B, SHI-5120-A

Road Closures

Butte County

• Cohasset/Rock Creek
• Skyway/Gypsum
• Highway 32/Platt Mountain Road
• Highway 32/14 Mile House Drive

Tehama County

• SR 36 at SR 32, Staffed Hard Closure.
• SR-36 at Manton Rd, Staffed Hard Closure

Shasta County

• Black Butte Road at SR-44 (No SB traffic at Black Butte)
• Wilson Hill at Wood Ridge (No SB traffic on Wilson Hill)
• Shingletown Ridge Road at SR-44 (No SB traffic on Shingletown Ridge Road)
• Southbound Wildcat Road at Black Butte Road
• Southbound Wilson Hill Road at Woodbridge
• All roads south of State Route 44 between Chateau Drive to the west and Brokeoff Meadows to the east in the evacuation ORDER area are closed

Evacuation Centers

Tehama County

• Red Cross - Los Molinos Vet's Hall
  7980 Sherwood Blvd
  Los Molinos, CA 96055  

Shasta County             

• Bella Vista Elementary School
  22661 Alturas Rd
  Bella Vista, CA 96008

Evacuation Resource Center:

• St. Peter's Episcopal Church
  510 Jefferson St.
  Red Bluff, CA 96080
  Hours:
  • Saturday: 9AM to 6PM
    
  • Sunday: 11AM-6PM     

• Red Bluff Community Center
  1500 S. Jackson St.
  Redbluff, CA 96080
  • August 15th, 16th, and 17th
  • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

• Butte County Local Assistance Center
  2156 Pillsbury, Toad Suite 100 
  Chico, CA 95926
  
  • Starting Agust 5th, up to 2 weeks
  • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

Small Animal Shelters

Butte County

North Valley Animal Disaster Group: (8AM-9PM)

• 2279 Del Oro Ave
  Oroville, CA 95965
  (530) 895-0000

Tehama County

• 22005 Gilmore Ranch Road
  Red Bluff, CA 96080
  (8AM-5PM) 

Large Animal Shelters

Butte County

• Camelot Equestrian Park
  1985 Clark Road
  Oroville, CA 95966

Tehama County

• Ridgeway Park : (Self Service-provide your own set up and feed)
  19725 Ridge Road
  Red Bluff, CA 96080
• Corning Rodeo Grounds at Estill C. Clark Park : (Self Service-provide your own set up and feed)
  103 E Fig Lane
  Corning, CA 96021

Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.

Engines

536

Water Tenders

153

Helicopters

45

Dozers

194

Hand Crews

127

Other

99

Total Personnel

6501

Cooperating Agencies