Status Update
Situation Summary
CAL FIRE:
The Park Fire continues to grow in the Mill Creek area, though firefighters have made significant progress in building containment lines. Daytime highs reached the mid-90s in lower elevations while humidity levels rose to the 15-20% range. The forecast tonight calls for humidity levels to increase compared to the past several days.
A slow cooling trend starts this weekend and will continue into next week as temperatures fall to near or even a few degrees below the seasonal norm. Sunday afternoon, winds could gust to 20-25mph over part of the fire area.
Winds are expected to be breezy into the beginning of next week. Large diameter fuels will continue to burn, hampering control efforts.
This fire is difficult to contain due to near vertical terrain, limited fire history, and dead and down fuel loading. Firefighters continue building direct line where possible, and the fire is still actively spotting.
Crews are working in high heat and challenging conditions.
Lassen National Forest:
Today on the #ParkFire, firefighters held the fire south and east of Turner Mountain through direct line construction with support from aircraft.
This evening and overnight crews will utilize direct tactics supported by night capable aircraft to hold the fire. Slight improvement in weather is predicted overnight, aiding the unified efforts of firefighters. The collaborative, risk-informed strategies, and tactics from all our partners are being implemented under unified authority.
The #ParkFire has burned 113,022 acres on the Lassen National Forest.
The current acreage is 428,808 in total:
Butte County: 52,937 acres
Tehama County: 375,871 acres
Damage Inspection Teams have completed 100% of their assessments.
Between both counties, there are *636 destroyed structures and *49 damaged structures. *The total number destroyed and damaged includes infrastructure.
Butte County
No damage: 882 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Damaged: 47 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Destroyed: 428 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Tehama County
No damage: 277 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Damaged: 5 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
Destroyed: 212 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures)
