[UPDATE 8:23 p.m.] Day 38: Lightning Fires–All Complexes Over 50% Contained!
However, we’ll continue to keep following the burning fires here and letting you know if something you need to know happens. As we do, we’ll note the time the facts were posted so you can quickly see if there is something new. Look for the most recent general updates on the bottom but new information for individual fires is posted in the summaries below in blue. (Newest maps of the fires here.) Those that have expanded 20% or more will have their acreage in red bold type.
Note: Many fires are updating less frequently and less thoroughly. We’ve notated when the last update occurred.
- Fork Complex (Trinty Pines and north to Hayfork): (Current as of 7:11 p.m. on August 30.) 36,499 acres burned and 97% contained. Structures Destroyed: Residences 8, other buildings 4, Firefighter injuries to date: 12, Total Personnel:269. “Fire behavior is expected to continue to be minimal as containment continues to be successful.” (More info here.) Fire Information Line: 530-628-0093
- Gasquet Fire: (Current as of 6:13 p.m.) 28,614 acres burned and 46% containment. Total Personnel: 762. “Higher humidity and lower temperatures will limit growth potential.” Bear Fire – 10,666 acres, 46% containment. Peak Fire – 11,366 acres 9% containment Feeder Fire – 898 acres 100% containment.” Coon Fire – 5,684 acres 100% Containment (More info here.) Estimated containment date: Thursday October 15th, 2015 approx. 12:00 AM
- Nickowitz Fire (northern Humboldt/southern Del Norte):(Current as of 2:49 p.m.) 6,881 acres and 70% contained. Total Personnel: 54. “Fire activity will be minimal until further drying occurs.” (More info here) Phone: 530-627-3246. Estimated Containment Date:Tuesday September 15th.
- River Complex:(Current as of 7:29 p.m.) 71,532 acres burned and 52% contained. Total Personnel: 256. “A warming & drying trend has ushered in conditions more conducive to fire spread during the reporting period, particularly at the higher elevations (above 4000′).” (More info here.) Telephone number for the public information officer 530-276-8559. Estimated containment: October 01st, 2015.
- South Complex (north and west of Hyampom):(Current as of 7:46 p.m.) 29,395 acres burned and 89% containment. Personnel: 342. “Dry high pressure will dominate the weather for the entire week with thermal trough developing near the coast. Temperatures will gradually warm each day, climbing back to near normal for Monday through Wednesday and above normal for the second half of the week.” (More info here)
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Earlier Chapters:
- Traffic at a Standstill
- Willits Fires Caused by Rogue Lightning, More Lightning in Southeastern Trinity
- Day One: Lightning Fires
- Day Two:
- Brown Declares State of Emergency as Wildfires in Humboldt/Trinity Tax an Already Stressed System
- Lightning Fire Maps
- Day Three
- How Bad Are the Fires? Listen to This Short Video From Yesterday’s Fire Meeting
- Crews Firing Conley Creek Drainage Near Blocksburg
- Day Four (August 2)
- UPDATES on Trinity Fires From John Fenley Dist. Five Supervisor of That County
- Valuable Map Tool for Looking at the Fires
- How Bad Are the Fires? Listen to This Short Video From Yesterday’s Fire Meeting
- Trinity Evacuations
- Firefighter Injured
- New Fire Benbow Vineyard
- Smoke Update Trinity County 8/2
- Saving Highway 36
- New Road Closures in Trinity County Affect Evacuation Routes
- Southern Humboldt Fire Updates and Photos
- These Are The Detailed Fire Maps You’ve Been Waiting For!
- Day Five
- Can You Donate to Help Local Firefighters?
- Humboldt People Rock
- Gasquet Airfield Closed to Private Flights in Order to Accommodate Fire Traffic
- Good News, Blocksburg, Evacuation Advisory Lifted
- [UPDATE 6:05 p.m. Summary of Trinity Evacuations] Mandatory Evacuations Requested for Denny, Dailey, Hoboken and Bell Flat Areas
- Day Six
- We’ve Got Updated Fire Maps for You
- Air Quality Advisory
- KRCRTV Talks to Post Mountain Volunteer Firefighters About Residents’ Complaints
- Lots of New Fire Maps Now Available
- Day 7
- More Mandatory Evacuations in Trinity County
- Precautionary Evacutioons Issued for Humboldt County
- Overview of the Fires in Six Rivers National Forest
- Spot Fire Today: A Look at the Run Up Big Mountain
- Your Fire Maps 8/6/15
- Day 8 (August 6)
- Trinity County Sheriff Releases Updated Evacuation Information
- Sooo….Someone Stole Equipment From Firefighters……..
- Video From the Front Line of the Pine Fire
- Day 9
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/7/15
- Awww, Even Emerald Country Does Like Helicopters Now….
- [UPDATE 7 p.m.] Trinity County Sheriff Issues Updated Evacuation Information as of 8/7
- A Guide to Firefighters: Locals and Those From Far Away (Can You Believe We Have a Crew From Puerto Rico Here?)
- Weary Firefighters Bunking at HSU
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/8/15
- Day 10: Lightning Fires
- Smoke Conditions Across the Emerald Counties
- Latest Trinity County Evacuations 9 p.m. August 8
- Day 11 Lightning Fires
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/9/15
- Evacuation Updates From Trinity County on August 9
- Local Motorcycle Group Pitches in to Help Firefighters and Fire Victims, How You Can Donate
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/10/15
- Day 12: A Dozen Days After the Lightning Fires Began
- Aww! Three Generations of Firefighters on the Humboldt Complex
- Trinity County Evacuations as of August 10
- ‘Walking Where the Devil Dances:’ A Local Firefighter Writes About Fighting the Fires Day After Weary Day
- Lassic Fire, West of Ruth, Expanded Today
- Breaking News: Inmate Firefighter Seriously Injured on Humboldt Complex
- HCSO Would Like to Remind Humboldt of Precautionary Evacuations
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/11/15
- Evacuations and Road Information From Trinity County of August 11
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/12/15
- Day 13
- A Silent Witness: Dissecting a Fire
- Air Tanker Made Emergency Landing at Rohnerville Airport
- Day 14: Two Weeks After the Lightning Fires Started
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/13/15
- Day 15: Lightning Fires
- Unhealthy Air Found in Areas of Trinity County
- Trinity County Evacuations and Road Closure Information as of August 13
- Latest on Evacuations and Road Closures for Trinity County
- Day 16: Lightning Fires
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/15/15
- Day 17: Lighting Fires
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/15/15
- Lost Horses Seek Out Firefighters
- As the Fires Grow: Map Gifs of the River, Route, South and Mad River Complexes
- A Dubious Distinction: River Complex Now Largest This Year in California’s USFS Lands
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/16/15
- Day 18
- Current Information on Evacuations and Road Closures Per Trinity County Sheriff
- Day 19: Lightning Fires
- Lassic Fire Bursting Seams, Sheriff Evacuating Residences Now
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/18/15
- Day 20: Lightning Fires
- The Latest Information on Road Closures and Evacuations From Trinity County
- Day 21: Lightning Fires
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/19/15
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/20/15
- Horse Fire: Day Three
- Day 22: Lightning Fires
- National Geographic Profiles Firefighters Near Hayfork
- Animated Maps as the Lassic Fire Swallows Miles of Forest Land
- [UPDATE 12:06 a.m.] Lassic Fire Flashing and Flaring in the Night Sky
- Under Hot, Dry Conditions, Lassic Fire Throws Huge Plume of Smoke as it Expands South and East
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/21/15
- Day 23: Lightning Fires
- Current Evacuation and Road Information for Trinity County
- Clean Air Centers in Humboldt
- Hwy 36 Reopens and Other Important Information from Friday Night’s Meeting For the Route and Mad River Complexes
- Day 24: Lightning Fires
- Where are the maps?
- Unhealthy Air Conditions in Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity Counties
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/23/15
- Most Recent Evacuation and Road Information for Trinity Count
- Day 25: Lightning Fires
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/25/15
- Current Evacuation and Road Information From the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office
- Day 26: Lightning Fires
- Trinity County Sheriff’s Office Releases Current Road and Evacuation Information
- Day 27: Lightning Fires
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/26/15
- [UPDATE 10:31 p.m.] Day 28: Lightning Fires
- Trinity County Road and Evacuation Information
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/27/15
- Day 29: Lightning Fires
- Brown Issues Emergency Order to Help Lake and Trinity Counties
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/28/15
- Day 30: Lightning Fires
- Two Arrested After Investigation Into Start of the Democrat Fire
- Latest Trinity County Evacuations and Road information
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/29/15
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/30/15
- After the Fires, Came the Rainbow
- Day 31: Lightning Fires…..Will They Ever End?
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 8/31/15
- Day 32
- Day 33: Lightning Fires–We’re Smoked Out, Tired Out, and, Worst of All, Burned Out
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 9/1/15
- Day 34: We’re Not Done Yet
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 9/2/15
- Almost All Evacuations and Road Closures Lifted in Trinity County
- Day 35: Lightning Fires
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 9/3/15
- Day 36: Lightning Fires
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 9/4/15
- Day 37: Lightning Fires
- Trinity County Land Owners Affected by Fire Can Get Help Removing Hazardous Waste Removal
- YOUR FIRE MAPS 9/5/15
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Pretty amazing coverage Kym..maybe not the backbreaking dirt encrusted 58 miles of rolled (geez, kidz today!) but in it’s own way just as important, and thanks for it.
Outstanding photo and reporting, as usual, Kym.
Day after day — during the Rail Fire and Peak Fire (Fork Complex) — I saw NG firefighters passing by on Highway 3 ( a couple of miles south of Hayfork) — they were deploying in open trucks ….. and with the air quality in the extreme hazardous range ….. nothing I can say can express the appreciation and gratitude ….
I’ll agree, great coverage. Some of us have got our lives and loved ones back and are working out asses off to salvage what is left of this f’d up summer (amazing what a month of no sun will do to your dreams of starting a tomato based business), but don’t ever think this coverage isn’t needed by the ones still in the thick. You have my loyalty for the 29 days I needed all the info I could get! You were the place to get it!
Thank you! It’s good to know we were able to help a bit.
Kym, You have done a wonderful thing for your community. You should feel the pride for an awesome job of reporting and keeping all your readers and then some safe and sound. This includes all the staff and your family for the sacrifices they also made. Nothing greater than helping your fellow Man and Woman. Take care my friend. It is an honor to call you my friend…..My hat is off to you. Great job, Well done PJ
Thanks!