Some structure loss confirmed at Drakesbad Guest Ranch including 2 of 4 duplexes and outbuilding near the dining hall.

The town of Mineral, including park headquarters, under evacuation order park headquarters temporary relocated to Redding. LVNP joins USFS and CAL FIRE in Unified Command.ĭF becomes the largest single (non-complex) wildfire in California history.īurn out operation in the Southwest Area to reduce south and eastward movement of the lightning-ignited fire on Morgan Summit. Warner Valley and Juniper Lake areas closed and entire park closed to backcountry camping due to DF.ĭF enters the southeast corner of LVNP near the Juniper Lake Area. Fire officials said lightning strikes ignited at least 17 fires.Lassen National Forest joins Cal Fire in Unified CommandĭF becomes largest California wildfire in 2021. The National Weather Service said there were more than 1,100 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in California between Thursday evening and Friday morning. But once the sun gets back on it and the wind gets on it, it will want to get up and move again.' 'The fuel moistures are so extreme right now, it'll slow the fire down. 'We got a quarter-inch to half-an-inch, but that doesn't put the fire out,' Brownell said. Rain also fell over the flames, but it didn't stop them. They were strengthening those control lines around Old Station on Friday morning. We had 40 to 50-foot flame lengths coming off.'īrownell said the blaze roared across Highway 44 'like it wasn't even there.'įire crews were able to save the homes and structures in Old Station and its subdivisions. That is a lot of acreage in a short amount of time. 'It made 13-mile run and was six miles wide. 'It came out of the park and it burned up past Old Station,' he said. Overnight rains from Thursday into Friday morning helped tame the Dixie Fire along its southeastern edge, the erratic winds kicked up by thundershowers whipped up a six-mile wide swath of the blaze north of Lassen Volcanic National Park, fueling a 13-mile run by a massive wall of flames, officials said.īrownell said the overnight firefight Thursday was intense around and north of the Shasta County community of Old Station. County Websites: Butte County | Lassen County | Plumas County | Tehama County.Evacuation Maps: Butte, Plumas County | Lassen County | Tehama County.Cal Fire Incident Report: Latest Information, Evacuations, Road Closures.'Currently, from the Hat Creek area up to Hwy 44 near the escarpment, the line is almost complete in there, so it's looking very good to protect the area of Old Station,' Brownell said. Forest Service-Plumas National Forest on Friday, September 10, 2021 Priorities include preventing further fire spread into the Hwy 395 area and the surrounding communities of Hat Creek and Old Station near Hwy 44 in the northwest quadrant of the fire.ĭixie Fire East Zone Community Meeting 09-10-2021ĭixie Incident Public Information East Zoneĭixie Incident Public Information West Zone Winds were expected to stay elevated through the afternoon with gusts up to 20 mph and cooler temperatures around 80 degrees.Ĭal Fire said the potential still exists for spots to become established well outside of the control lines. There were concerns that receptive fuel beds could increase fire activity Saturday as temperatures climb following cooler weather from the system that brought some light rains to parts of the fire zone. On the fire's western flank, overnight humidity helped moderate fire behavior with some heavy material burning out, though some interior islands and fuels within the control lines continue to smolder. ALSO READ: Dixie Fire Threatens SETI Antenna Array Used to Search For Extraterrestrial Life.The fire has been burning for 58 days now. SHASTA COUNTY (CBS SF) - As the still growing Dixie Fire continued to creep towards the 1 million acre mark Saturday, Cal Fire crews tried to take advantage of improving weather conditions to increase containment.Īccording to the latest Cal Fire update Saturday morning, the Dixie Fire has grown to 959,253 acres and is currently 62% contained.

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