Incident Update Park Fire
- Date:
- 08/01/2024
- Time:
- 3:07 PM
Park Fire Information Line: 211
Callers outside Butte, Tehama, or Shasta Counties: (866) 916 - 3566
Media Information Line: (530) 282 - 5808
Incident Facts
- Name
- Park Fire
- Start Date/Time
- 2024-07-24
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Off Upper Park Road in Upper Bidwell Park, East of Chico
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Arson
- Counties
- Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Tehama
- Administration Unit
- Unified Command: CAL FIRE Butte Unit, CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit and Lassen National Forest
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 392,480
- Containment
- 18%
- Structures Threatened
- 10,800
- Structures Destroyed
- 480
- Structures Damaged
- 44
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
CAL FIRE: The fire has been active in the North East portion of the incident. Additional resources have arrived to assist in our efforts from Utah and Texas.
Today will mark the first of several days where fire weather will become increasingly critical. Temperatures will rise from the upper 90s to the lower 100s. Daytime humidity will fall to upper teens today. Winds will be drier out of the south, but speeds will be close to previous days. There is increased instability in the north where we will see columns and plumes of smoke.
A warm air mass is predicted to enter the area Friday through Saturday with the potential for thunderstorms and erratic winds.
Lassen National Forest: Winds are anticipated to increase today ahead of predicted thunder storms on Friday and Saturday. This could impact the well-established fire activity in the Deer Creek and Mill Creek Canyons. Preparations have been completed around the community of Mill Creek. The Turner Mountain Lookout has also been enhanced in the event the fire approaches that area.
Crews continue to work in areas of lava rock, steep drainages, and other difficult terrain.
The current acreage is 392,480 total:
- Butte County: 52,999 acres
- Tehama County: 339,481 acres
Damage Inspection Teams are at 85% completion of their assessments. These numbers are updated twice daily.
Between both counties, there are *483 destroyed structures and *47 damaged structures. *The total number destroyed and damaged includes infrastructure.
- Butte County
No damage: 752 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Damaged: 43 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Destroyed: 356 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
- Tehama County
No damage: 244 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Damaged: 4 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Destroyed: 127 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
State of Emergency and Federal Assistance
- Governor Newsom secures additional federal assistance for Park Fire, surveys damage
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/27/governor-newsom-secures-additional-federal-assistance-for-park-fire-surveys-damage/ - Governor Newsom proclaims state of emergency in Plumas, Butte and Tehama counties due to fires
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/26/governor-newsom-proclaims-state-of-emergency-in-plumas-butte-and-tehama-counties-due-to-fires/ - California secures federal assistance to support response to Park Fire
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/25/california-secures-federal-assistance-to-support-response-to-park-fire/
Evacuation Zones
Evacuation Information:
Evacuation Orders and Warnings
Butte County
Evacuation Orders:
Zone-235, Zone-236, Zone-237, Zone-240, Zone-241 - A, Zone-244, Zone-250, Zone-251, Zone-252, Zone-260, Zone-261
Evacuations
Evacuation Warnings:
Zone 120, Zone 149 - Chico, Zone 241 - B, Zone 245, Zone 246, Zone 281, Zone 282, Zone 283 - A North of Skyway, Zone 299, Zone 312 A- This portion includes Cohasset Rd, Rock Creek Rd, and Sycamore Valley. Zone 262, Zone 263, Zone 264, Zone 265, Zone 266, Zone 267, Zone 268, Zone 269, Zone 271, Zone 272, Zone 317 B, Zone 253
Tehama County
Evacuation Orders:
TEH-882-C, TEH-882-B, TEH-854-E, TEH-854-A, TEH-856, TEH-858, TEH-736, TEH-694-A, TEH-694-B, TEH-732, TEH-734, TEH-736, TEH-728, TEH-726, TEH-730, TEH-720-B, TEH-720-C, TEH-696-A, TEH-498-C, TEH-498-B, TEH-496-C, TEH-496-B, TEH-500, TEH-696-A, TEH-696-B, TEH-466-A, TEH-466-B, TEH-470, TEH-698, TEH-716, TEH-448, TEH-408, DLS-466-A, DLS-466-B, DLS-466, DLS-462-B, DLS-444, MAN-410, MAN-418, MAN-420, MAN-428, MAN-426, MAN-422, MAN-412, MAN-414, MAN-424, MAN-416, MLC-712, MLC-714, MIN-700, MIN-702, MIN-704, MIN-706, MIN-708, MIN-710, PCK-468, PCK-472, PCK-474, PCK-476, PSR-478, PSR-480, PSR-482
Evacuation Warnings:
DLS-464, TEH-496-E, TEH-498-D, TEH-694-C, TEH-718, TEH-722, TEH-720-A, TEH-724
Plumas County
Evacuation Orders:
No evacuation orders for Plumas County.
Evacuation Warnings:
PLU-001, PLU-040
Shasta County
Evacuation Orders:
MAN-5000-A, MAN-5000-B, MAN-5010, MAN-5020, MAN-5030, MAN-5040, MAN-5050, MAN-5060, SHI-5070, SHI-5120-A, SHI-5140, SHI-5150, SHI-5170, SHI-5180, SHI-5190-B, SHI-5210, SHI-5220, SHI-5230, SHI-5240-A, SHI-5350-A
Evacuation Warnings:
COT-8990-A, OLD-5090, MIL-5280, SHI-5080, SHI-5110, SHI-5130, SHI-5200-A, SHI-5240-A, SHI-5250, SHI-5250-A, SHI-5260-A, SHI-5260-B, SHI-5270, SHI-5320, SHI-5330-A, SHI-5380, SHI-5390-B, SHI-5330-B, SHI-5335, SHI-5340-A, SHI-5350-A, SHI-5400-A, SHI-5450, SHI-5460, SHI-5470,SHI-5490, SHI-5480, SHI-5500, SHI-5510, SHI-5520, SHI-5530-A,SHI-5540, SHI-5550-B
Road Closures
Butte County
- Cohasset/Rock Creek
- Skyway/Gypsum
- Highway 32/Platt Mountain Road
- Highway 32/14 Mile House Drive
Tehama County
- SR 36 at SR 32, Staffed Hard Closure.
- SR-36 at Manton Rd, Staffed Hard Closure
Shasta County
- Black Butte Road at SR-44 (No SB traffic at Black Butte)
- Wilson Hill at Wood Ridge (No SB traffic on Wilson Hill)
- Shingletown Ridge Road at SR-44 (No SB traffic on Shingletown Ridge Road)
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Southbound Wildcat Road at Black Butte Road• Southbound Wilson Hill Road at Woodbridge
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All roads south of State Route 44 between Chateau Drive to the west and Brokeoff Meadows to the east in the evacuation ORDER area are closed.
Evacuation Centers
Butte County
- Neighborhood Church
2801 Notre Dame Blvd
Chico, CA 95928
Tehama County
- Red Cross - Los Molinos Vet's Hall
7980 Sherwood Blvd
Los Molinos, CA 96055
Evacuation Resource Center:
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church
510 Jefferson St.
Red Bluff, CA 96080
Hours:- Saturday: 9AM to 6PM
- Sunday: 11AM-6PM
- Saturday: 9AM to 6PM
Shasta County
- Bella Vista Elementary School
22661 Alturas Rd
Bella Vista, CA 96008
Small Animal Shelters
Butte County
North Valley Animal Disaster Group: (8AM-9PM)
- 2279 Del Oro Ave
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 895-0000
Tehama County
- 22005 Gilmore Ranch Road
Red Bluff, CA 96080
(8AM-5PM)
Large Animal Shelters
Butte County
- Camelot Equestrian Park
1985 Clark Road
Oroville, CA 95966
Tehama County
- Ridgeway Park : (Self Service-provide your own set up and feed)
19725 Ridge Road
Red Bluff, CA 96080 - Corning Rodeo Grounds at Estill C. Clark Park : (Self Service-provide your own set up and feed)
103 E Fig Lane
Corning, CA 96021
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 516
- Water Tenders
- 127
- Helicopters
- 41
- Dozers
- 182
- Hand Crews
- 121
- Other
- 86
- Total Personnel
- 6080
Cooperating Agencies
| Name | Phone | Address | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butte County Sheriff's Office, Tehama County Sheriff's Office, City of Chico Fire Department, City of Chico Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Pacific Gas and Electric, California Conservation Corps, Bureau of Land Management, California Department of Transportation, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sierra Pacific Industries, Paradise Police Department, Shasta County Sheriff's Office, Collins Pine Company, California Office of Emergency Services |