Four fire personnel on an OES 357 engine returned to Vacaville on Thursday from the South Complex fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, he added.
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Fire officials said sustained winds and gusts to 40 miles per hour provoked explosive growth in the fire Friday.
“Mendo-Lake Credit Union is accepting financial donations on behalf of North Coast Opportunities to assist with fire recovery efforts”. A public meeting is scheduled for Saturday night at 7 p.m.at the Lincoln Community Hall. Air tankers were able to drop retardant and form a fire line along its southern perimeter, which was holding well Friday afternoon.
A Type 1 team has been ordered and is anticipated to arrive and take over management of the fire tomorrow.
Speaking with KQED, inmate Cory Sills said that, despite sometimes having to work 24-hour shifts, he generally feels like the camps are a good thing, especially since prisoners are treated better than they are behind bars.
But those in Lake and Napa counties remain evacuated.
The weather helped the largest Montana fire, in Glacier National Park, spread from just a few acres Sunday to more than 23 square miles Friday.
“He arrived home with minutes to spare, saving one last item – a police uniform – before the fire claimed the home he’d helped build seven years earlier”, the statement said. “The other is heading into the Nyack drainage to check on the patrol cabins”.
Firefighters were mopping up a 189-acre fire that erupted Friday in Simi Valley, northwest of Los Angeles. No details were available about that blaze at press time.
The Soda Fire on the Idaho-Oregon border is raging across more than 270,000 acres and is now the largest fire in the nation, according to The Guardian. The highway is closed to milepost 25 at Seneca.
The Canyon Creek Complex fire burns towards a rural subdivision of John Day on Friday, August 14, 2015. There are now no structures threatened and no trail closures. So far, there is no prediction for when the fire might be contained.
Dozens of smaller fires are burning in forested areas of the state, mainly caused by lightning storms. Fire and emergency vehicles will be working in the area.
On the Kootenai National Forest, the Marston fire 15 miles southeast of Eureka was threatening the Mount Marston Lookout. Its size is now estimated at 6,500 acres.
Route Complex: Three fires totalling 26,910 acres in Trinity County west of Hyampom, 27 percent contained.
The areas along the highway surrounding and behind Hearthstone Lodge are also under mandatory evacuations.
A 70-year-old woman was killed when she fell and hit her head while preparing to flee from a wildfire expanding quickly east of Lewiston, Idaho.
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CHELAN, Wash. – Lightning has sparked several new first in Chelan County, and there are several evacuations in place near the City of Chelan. The areas affected include: south of Canyon City to the J-Bar-L Ranch, Marysville Road, Adams Drive, the south side of Marysville Road and Pine Creek.
