The decision was driven by significant fire activity across many areas, the NIFC said in a statement. ![]() He relocated to Doyle, where a wind-swept wildfire wrought devastation.Īlthough crews are making progress on the Sugar and Dixie fires, conditions in California remain so ripe for ignition that the National Interagency Fire Center’s multiagency coordinating group this week elevated the national preparedness level to 5 - the highest level of wildland fire activity. ![]() High rents drove Mike Snook out of his arts-collective warehouse in Oakland. Mandatory evacuations for the High Lake area and from the Butte-Plumas County line from Rock Creek to Tobin remained in place Friday, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said.Įvacuation warnings are also in effect from east of Tobin to Caribou.Ĭalifornia Fleeing high rents, he found a tiny town for his Burning Man dreams. McGuire said Cal Fire officials are working hard to “reassure them that we are doing our best, and that as of right now, we are really confident and positive that we are able to hold the fire away from the community of Paradise.”įire officials are even using some of the containment lines from the 2018 blaze in the fight against the Dixie fire, she said, which is helping create a barrier of protection for residents. Residents in the area said the wildfire’s proximity to the Camp fire has stoked reminders of that devastating blaze, which killed more than 85 people and reduced the town of Paradise to ashes. “We have a lot of dry fuel, and that wind is really detrimental to the situation right now,” she said. The area saw heavy winds again on Friday and lightening is expected Sunday and Monday. McGuire said high winds Thursday propelled the fire’s substantial growth. No homes or structures are currently threatened. The fire is burning in the scar of the 2018 Camp fire but moving north, away from populated areas, said incident spokeswoman Kimberly McGuire. That fire ignited Wednesday morning and was 9% contained Friday evening, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. By Friday night, it had grown by nearly 1,000 acres. The dryness of the vegetation, primed by both long-term drought and shorter-term heat waves, is making it easy for fires to ignite and even easier for them to spread.Īlso of concern is the burgeoning Dixie fire, which more than tripled in size Thursday night to 7,947 acres. It’s the same conditions throughout California,” she said.Ĭalifornia California fires are burning faster, hotter, more intensely - and getting harder to fight ![]() And it’s not just here, it’s in many areas. “Primarily it’s the dry fuels that we have, and the low humidities, that are really creating these fires,” she said, noting that this type of fire behavior isn’t typically seen until August or September. The second fire, the Dotta fire, started June 30 and was 99% contained at 594 acres Friday.Ĭombined, they have burned through 105,757 acres.įire incident spokeswoman Phyllis Ashmead said California’s recent heat waves and ongoing drought enabled the Sugar fire to become the first to reach “megafire” status this year. The Sugar fire was one of two fires sparked by lightning in the forest around the same time that together have been dubbed the Beckwourth Complex fire. He said crews began removing surface fuels in the area on Friday but the terrain is “extremely steep and rugged.” While much of the Sugar fire’s footprint has been contained, a portion of its western perimeter near Ross Canyon continues to present challenges for the team, according to Cagle.
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