Published July 30, 2024, Tuesday, 1930 hours PT

We have been busy covering wildfires in the northwest (WA and OR) for the last several months. We are taking a brief break to give more exposure to these incidents in other locations, such as California which has been hit by very large incidents of late.

Photo Credit: ALERTCalifornia | UC San Diego “Bald Mtn Butte 2” Fire Camera

Incident Summary

The PARK FIRE started on Chico Fire Department lands, about seven miles northeast of Chico, California, which started off of Upper Park Road in Upper Bidwell Park east of Chico and now has spread among four different Counties: Butte, Plumas, Shasta, and Tehama.

Photo Credit: ALERTCalifornia | UC San Diego

Resources

Two IMTs are managing the incident, including both the CAL FIRE Team 3 and Team 4, both IMTs.

Unified Command: CAL FIRE Butte Unit, CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit, and Lassen National Forest

Fire staffing includes 5,582 total personnel along with 41 helicopters, 497 engines, 170 dozers, 115 water tenders, 100 crews, and 76 other assigned overhead personnel.

Incident Cooperators for this incident are the California Volunteers (Office of the Governor), PG&E, Fire Adapted Communities, CAL OES, CA DOC, CAL FIRE, State Farm, Farmers Insurance, BLM, Edison Internation, and USFS.

Current Status

Fire behavior continues to be extreme with uphill runs, group torching, and spotting. Today, the fire has burned about 386,764 acres and has an 18% containment status.

Fire Operations

Structures remain directly threatened, as about 165 have already been lost. Evacuations are still in effect.

Cost-to-Date

The total cost-to-date for fire suppression and containment status includes $41,300,000.

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