wildfire update

California Wildfire Summary for July 7, 2008

July 7, 2008

Butte: The Butte Lightning Complex has burned 27,000 acres and is 55% contained. The Butte Fire Information Number is (530) 538-7826. Click Here for more information. Mendocino: The Mendocino Lightning Complex has burned 46,800 acres and is 45% contained. The Mendocino Fire Information Number is (707)-467-6426. Click Here for more information. Shasta & Trinity: The [...]

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California Wildfire Update – June 30, 2008

June 30, 2008

Current Situation: State, local and federal firefighters continue to battle hundreds of wildfires throughout California. Fires are actively burning and continue to spread. Firefighters are prepared for the potential of new fires due to Red Flag Warnings issued for dry thunderstorm activity in the Northern Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade Mountain Ranges in northeastern California [...]

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Northern California Lightning Series Summary

June 23, 2008

Summary of Fires by Unit June 23, 2008 – 1730hrs Siskiyou Unit: All 8 fires have been contained for a total of 10 acres. The Klamath National Forest has the Siskiyou Complex which is near Happy Camp that is 600 acres with no containment. Humboldt-Del Norte Unit: 51 fires for more than 900 acres, with [...]

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Fires Rip Through Region; 600 Fires Since Saturday

June 23, 2008

A plume of thick black smoke — created by hundreds of fires in northern California and motored by a swift Delta breeze — had Sacramento area residents talking, and some coughing, Sunday. The smoke was the result of 600 separate wildfires sparked by lightning that flared across the heart of wine country and remote forests, [...]

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