Incident Update Park Fire
- Date:
- 07/28/2024
- Time:
- 2:57 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
- 353,194
- Containment
- 12%
- Structures Threatened
- 4,200
- Structures Destroyed
- 66
- Structures Damaged
- 5
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
The fire is actively burning in heavy, receptive fuel beds. This allows the fire to expand rapidly. Warm, windy, and dry conditions will increase risk of extreme fire activity, similar to what the fire has done previously. There will be higher temperatures and lower humidities today.
The current acreage is 353,194 total:
- Butte County: 52,850
- Tehama County: 300,344
Fire Integrated Real-Time Intelligence System Program (FIRIS) aircraft is flying over the fire, mapping acreage which will allow for periodic acreage updates.
Threats to Highway and Major Roads: Portions of Highway 32, 99, and 36 and Cohasset Road. Highway 32, and Cohasset Road are currently closed and are impacting potential evacuation routes, and commuter traffic for people who work in surrounding communities. We ask that the public continues to be diligent and prepared.
Damage inspection teams continue to identify and verify structures that have been damaged or destroyed. The numbers of structures reported are expected to adjust as the team verifies impacts.
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/2024/07/27/governor-newsom-secures-additional-federal-assistance-for-park-fire-surveys-damage/
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
Evacuation Maps
To see if you are in evacuation orders or warning zones, click on your county below.
Evacuation Orders
- DLS-66-B
- BUT-CH-120
- BUT-CH-149
- BUT-CH-150
- BUT-BM-235
- BUT-BM-236
- BUT-BM-237
- BUT-INS-244
- BUT-COH-250
- BUT-COH-251
- BUT-COH-252
- BUT-COH-253
- BUT-FR-260
- BUT-FR-261
- BUT-FR-262
- BUT-FR-263
- BUT-FR-264
- BUT-FR-265
- BUT-FR-266
- BUT-FR-267
- BUT-FR-268
- BUT-FR-269
- BUT-FR-270
- BUT-FR-271
- BUT-FR-272
- BUT-FR-273
- BUT-CNE-317
- PCK-468
- PCK-474
- PCK-476
- PLU-040
- PSR-478
- PSR-480
- PSR-482
- TEH-470
- TEH-496-B
- TEH-498-B
- TEH-500
- TEH-694-B
- TEH-696-A
- TEH-696-B
- TEH-720-B
- TEH-726
- TEH-728
- TEH-732
- TEH-734
- TEH-736
- TEH-852
- TEH-854
- TEH-856
- TEH-858
- TEH-882
- TEH-882-A
- TEH-882-B
- COT-8990-A
- MAN-5000
- MAN-5010
- MAN-5020
- MAN-5030
- MAN-5040
- MAN-5050
- MAN-5060
- MIL-5280
- SHI-5070-A
- SHI-5070-B
- SHI-5120-A
- SHI-5140
- SHI-5150
- SHI-5170
- SHI-5180
- SHI-5190-B
- SHI-5210
- SHI-5220
- SHI-5230
- SHI-5240-A
- SHI-5250
- SHI-5260
- SHI-5270
- SHI-5330-A
- SHI-5340-A
- SHI-5350-A
Evacuation Warnings
- BUT-TOP-01
- BUT-TOP-04
- BUT-TOP-09
- BUT-BM-235
- BUT-BM-236
- BUT-BM-237
- BUT-PHI-240
- BUT-PHI-241
- BUT-PHI-241-A
- BUT-INS-244
- BUT-INS-245
- BUT-MA-282
- BUT-MA-285
- BUT-MA-286
- BUT-STI-299
- BUT-CNE-311
- BUT-CNE-312
- BUT-CNE-313
- BUT-CNE-314
- BUT-CNE-315
- BUT-CNE-316
- BUT-CNE-318
- BUT-CSE-361
- BUT-CSE-363
- DLS-444
- DLS-446
- DLS-462
- MAN-410
- MAN-412
- MAN-414
- MAN-416
- MAN-418
- MAN-420
- MAN-422
- MAN-424
- MAN-426
- MAN-428
- MAN-5000
- MAN-5010
- MAN-5020
- MAN-5030
- MAN-5040
- MAN-5050
- MAN-5060
- SHI-5070-A
- TEH-448
- TEH-408
- TEH-694
- TEH-694-A
- TEH-730
- TEH-840
- TEH-850-A
- COT-8970
- COT-8990-B
- MIL-5290
- MIL-5300
- MIL-8960
- OLD-5090
- SHI-5080
- SHI-5110
- SHI-5130
- SHI-5200-A
- SHI-5310
- SHI-5320
- SHI-5335
- SHI-5350-B
- SHI-5370
- SHI-5390
- SHI-5400
- SHI-5410
- SHI-5420
- SHI-5430
- SHI-5440
- SHI-5450
- SHI-5460
- SHI-5470
- SHI-5480
- SHI-5490
- SHI-5500
- SHI-5510
- SHI-5520
- SHI-5530
- SHI-5540
Road Closures
- Keefer and Cohasset
- Doe Mill Road at the Butte Creek Bridge near the Forks of Butte Campground
- 32/Yosemite
- Skyway/Humboldt
- Skyway/Gypsum
- Cohasset/Richardson Springs
- Access to Upper Park at Wildwood
- Highway 36 East at Manton Road to Highway 32
- Highway 32 from Highway 36 to Bruce Road in Chico
- Keefer/Hicks
- Hicks/Oasis
- Forks of the Butte Bridge
- 99/Meridian
- Meridian/Butte Tehama Line
- Cohasset/Eaton
Evacuation Center
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
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
- 343
- Water Tenders
- 103
- Helicopters
- 16
- Dozers
- 160
- Hand Crews
- 87
- Other
- 46
- Total Personnel
- 3927
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, 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. |