#Cal fire map 2021 dixie fire update

In this Saturday, July 24, 2021, file photo a firefighter passes a burning home as the Dixie Fire flares in Plumas County, Calif. Officials released a preliminary damage assessment map Tuesday showing homes that were destroyed by the fire, and on Wednesday morning, the map showed that the largest number of structures were damaged in the small communities of Rich Bar on Highway 70 and Indian Falls on Highway 89. The situation intensified Saturday when the Dixie Fire merged with the smaller Fly Fire and flames chewed through the small community of Indian Falls, devouring homes. PG&E has said its equipment may have started it. More than 6,000 personnel are fighting the blaze. Started near Cresta Dam in the Feather River Canyon on July 14, the Dixie Fire has torched a bone-dry landscape and triggered thousands of evacuations in a region still recovering from the 2018 Camp Fire, California's deadliest blaze. Watch Burns complete updated in the video below. The Evans Fire was 45 acres on Friday morning and the head of the fire has been tied into a Dixie Fire contingency line but hasn't crossed into the fire itself, the Forest Service said. 'The fire reacted, but all and all we had a pretty good night,' Burns said at a Monday morning operations update.Ī lightning strike sparked a new fire near the Dixie Fire east of the town of Greenville, Burns said.

Thunderstorms passed over the area Thursday and Dennis Burns, a fire behavior analyst with Cal Fire, said winds up to 42 mph fanned flames. 'There was an unburned island of the fire. 'It's just about in the very center of the fire,' he said. The fire also spread in the Caribou drainage area, between the east and west flanks of the blaze. The Dixie Fire in Butte and Plumas Counties and the Tamarack Fire in Alpine County near Markleeville. Two major wildfires are burning in California in July 2021. 'That’s because the incident used local firefighters who are familiar with the area.' 'All of those homes in that area are safe and there is no damage,' Matlow said. Matlow said burn out operations were conducted near Butte Meadows and Jonesville. The fire straddling Butte and Plumas counties is the 11th largest wildfire in California history.Ĭaptain Mitch Matlow, a spokesperson for the fire, said a significant amount of the growth was the result of what are known as 'burn out operations,' which are fires that are intentionally set and watched carefully to burn vegetation inside containment lines and strengthen lines. The Dixie Fire burning about 250 miles northeast of San Francisco grew another 20,000 acres in the last 24 hours and Cal Fire said Friday morning the burn area stodd at 240,595 with containment at 24%.

#Cal fire map 2021 dixie fire update

The Dixie Fire expanded slightly, to 244,388 acres, on Saturday evening, while containment went from 24% to 30%, according to the latest update from Cal Fire. Cal Fire's latest mapping has it holding steady at 244,888 acres. The Dixie Fire is now 32% contained, up from 30% on Saturday. It is 35% contained, according to Cal Fire.Īug.

If you need transportation out of the area, call 53. The sheriff's office advised residents of those areas to evacuate to Chester, where a shelter is located at 180 Gay Street.