FIRE LOCATION

  • City of Weed
  • Boles Creek

FIRE SUMMARY

  • Started 9/15/14 1338 hours
  • 20% contained
  • 375 acres

STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

  • 100 homes damaged or destroyed

EVACUATIONS

  • Community of Angel Valley
  • Residents on Hoy Rd

SHELTER LOCATION

  • County Fairgrounds in Yreka, CA

CLOSURES

  • Hwy 97 in Weed area

RESOURCES

  • 1068 personnel
  • 108 Engines
  •   20 Fire crews
  •     7 Helos
  •   28 Dozers
  •     9 Water Tenders
  •     4 IMT

INJURIES

  • (3)

INCIDENT COOPERATORS

  • California Highway Patrol
  • CAL Trans
  • Pacific Power & Light
  • Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office
  • Weed City PD
  • Yreka PD
  • Mt Shasta PD
  • CA Dept of Corrections & Rehabilitation
  • CA National Guard
  • CA Conservation Corps
  • CAL OES
  • Red Cross
  • United Way

ABOUT WEED, CA

  • 1901 City established
  • 1900’s to late 1980’s thrived as logging industry
  • Today, it is host to Mt Shasta Brewing Company
  • 2010 Census showed Population at 2,967 residents
  • 10 miles W-NE of Mt Shasta
  • Funny City Motto: “Weed like to welcome you”
  • Received it’s name from sawmill founder Abner Weed
  • 1940’s sawmill was the world’s biggest sawmill
  • On Sept 15 2014, the current forest forest caused mandatory evacuations
  • The fire burned several outbuildings, including portions of the sawmill
  • City is located 49 miles S of the Oregona-California border
  • Is located off of I-5
  • Next town to the North is Yreka
  • Closest cities with pops over 50k is Redding, CA and Medford, OR

REWARD

  • $10,000 for Info leading to the cause of the Fire
  • Call #1-800-468-4408

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