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Firefighters achieved 50 percent containment of the fire's perimeter on August 17. [33] Crews began work to repair the damage done by fire suppression efforts (such as erosion and the creation of firebreaks) in Butte County in mid-August, anticipating that it would take two to three months to complete that work around the entire fire perimeter ...
The wildfire, which started Tuesday morning on Cherokee Road, has charred 3,747 acres (5.85 square miles) and was 7% contained in the latest update from Cal Fire’s Butte County unit.
The fire has burned more than 315,000 acres in Tehama County and roughly 53,000 acres in Butte County. The wildfire has also impacted areas in Plumas and Shasta counties.
The fire sparked at 10:51 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, near Cherokee Road and Thompson Flat Cemetery Road. [7] Within six hours, the fire grew from 15 acres (6.1 ha) to over 2,100 acres (850 ha), causing Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California, declared a state of emergency in Butte County.
Cal Fire said most of the gains over 24 hours were in Tehama County, where roughly 300,000 acres have charred; Butte County’s burn area was a little more than 50,000 acres, officials said.
The 2021 Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in Northern California. [4] Named after a nearby Dixie Road, [5] the fire began in the Feather River Canyon near Cresta Dam in Butte County on July 13, 2021, and burned 963,309 acres (389,837 ha) before it was declared 100 percent contained on October 25, 2021. [6]
The Park Fire, raging in Butte and Tehama counties, continued to chew through the Northern California wilderness Friday, crossing the 200,000-acre threshold that evening as more than 1,600 ...
APACHE FIRE EVACUATION ORDER 6.24.24 8:35 p.m. The Butte County Sheriff’s office is issuing an EVACUATION ORDER for the south side of Grubbs Rd. between Crossa Country Rd. and Alta Arosa Dr in ...