California Statewide Fire Summary September 8, 2020
Daniel Berlant, Asst. Deputy Director, 916-651-3473
California Statewide Fire Summary
September 8, 2020
Nearly 14,000 firefighters remain on the line battling 25 major wildfires across California. While firefighters are gaining ground on many of the lightening-caused fires in Northern California, firefighters are aggressively battling wildfires up and down the State. Yesterday, the Oak Fire, which erupted yesterday in Mendocino County grew quickly, forcing evacuations. CAL FIRE has maintained increased staffing for potential significant wildfire activity due to critical fire weather.
This year, wildfires have now burned over 2.2 million acres across all fire jurisdictions. This is a record for the number of acres burned in California, and this year’s fire season has another four months to go. There have been 8 fatalities and more than 3,300 structures destroyed.
Most of California remains under Red Flag Warning today and into tomorrow. This includes most of Northern California, including portions of the Bay Area. There is also a warning for the Eastern Sierras, the Mojave Desert, the Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles mountains, as well as the Inland Empire down into San Diego county. The conditions will bring strong, gusty winds and low humidity, increasing activity on current fires and can cause new fire starts to grow rapidly.
Wildfires spread at critical speed when high winds are present. Dangerous conditions can potentially trap you and your family from escaping ahead of a wildfire. Would you know what to do if this happened to you? To learn ways to be prepared and protect your family, visit www.ReadyForWildfire.org.
Fires of Interest:
**CAL FIRE Incidents**
Oak Fire, Mendocino County (more info…) NEW
North of Willets
*863 acres, 5% contained
*Evacuations in place
LNU Lightning Complex, multiple North Bay counties (more info…)
Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Colusa, Solano, and Yolo Counties
*375,209 acres, 91% contained
*Hennessey (merged fires) 317,909 acres, 91% contained
*Wallbridge 54,940 acres, 95% contained
*1,491 structures destroyed
*Evacuations in place
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 2 in command
SCU Lightning Complex, multiple Easy Bay counties (more info…)
Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties
*396,624 acres, 95% contained
*20 fires in the complex, several have merged together
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*224 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 6 command
CZU August Lightning Complex, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties (more info…)
*86,509 acres, 81% contained
*Multiple fires
*Evacuations and road closures in place
*1,490 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 3 command
Butte/Tehama/Glenn (BTU/TGU) Lightning Complex, multiple Counties (more info…)
Butte, Tehama and Glenn Counties
*69,735 acres, 58% contained
*Elkhorn 50,126 acres, 55% contained
*Ivory/Doe 16,100 acres, 95% contained
*Potters (5-4) 927 acres, 98% contained
*Includes multiple other smaller fires
*14 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 4 in command
**Unified Command Incidents**
Creek Fire, Fresno County (more info…)
Northeast of Shaver Lake (Sierra National Forest)
*143,929 acres, 0% contained
*Evacuations in effect
*Heavy tree mortality in the area
*CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command
*CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1
*Great Basin Team 1 enroute
Valley Fire, San Diego County (more info…)
Near Alpine (Cleveland National Forest)
*17,345 acres, 3% contained
*Evacuations in effect
*CAIIMT 15 in command
*CAL FIRE and US Forest Service in unified command
El Dorado Fire, San Bernardino County (more info…)
West of Oak Glen (San Bernardino National Forest)
*10,574 acres, 16% contained
*Evacuations in place
*California Interagency Incident Management Team 11 in unified command with CAL FIRE, Yucaipa Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire Department
Sheep Fire, Lassen County (more info…)
4 miles southwest of Susanville (Plumas & Lassen National Forest)
*29,570 acres, 90% contained
*26 structures destroyed
*CAL FIRE Lassen-Modoc Unit and CA IMT 10 in unified command
**Federal Incidents**
Bobcat Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
North of Duarte
Angeles National Forest
*8,553 acres, 0 containment
*Evacuations in progress
*EA Silver Team command
Lake Fire, Los Angeles County (more info…)
Southwest of Lake Hughes
Angeles National Forest / Los Angeles County Fire Department
* 31,089 acres, 96% contained
August Complex, Tehama County (more info…)
Elk Creek and Stonyford area (Mendocino National Forest)
*356,312 acres 24% contained
*Includes multiple fires including the Doe Fire
Dolan Fire, Monterey County (more info…)
Hwy 1, 10 miles south of Big Sur (Los Padres National Forest)
*73,089 acres, 40% contained
Apple Fire, Riverside County (more info…)
Oak Glen / Cherry Valley (San Bernardino National Forest)
*33,424 acres, 95% contained
North Complex, Plumas County (more info…)
Southwest of Susanville (Plumas National Forest)
*40,372 acres, 50% contained
*Evacuations in place
*Includes the Bear and Claremont Fire
*CA IMT Team 1 is in command
Red Salmon Complex – Humboldt County (more info…)
14 miles northeast of Willow Creek (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)
*45,476 acres, 20% contained
SQF Complex, Tulare County (more info…)
25 miles north of Kernville (Sequoia National Forest)
*62,887 acres, 7% contained
*Castle and Shotgun Fires merged into this complex
W-5 Cold Springs, Lassen County (more info…)
11 miles east of Madeline (Bureau of Land Management - Northern CA District)
*84,817 acres, 98% containment
Blue Jay Fire, Mariposa County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*575 acres, 15% contained
Wolf Fire, Tuolumne County (more info…)
Yosemite National Park Wilderness
*614 acres, 20% contained
Woodward Fire, Marin County (more info…)
3 miles southwest of Olema (Point Reyes National Seashore)
*4,853 acres, 95% contained
Slink Fire, Mono County (more info…)
2 miles west of Coleville (Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest)
*21,755 acres, 36% contained
Hobo, Vegetation Fire, Trinity County (more info…)
North of Helena (Shasta Trinity National Forest)
*413 acres, 90% contained
Moraine, Tulare County (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness
*575 acres, 70% contained
Rattlesnake, Tulare County (more info…)
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Wilderness
*1,150 acres, 0% contained