Red Salmon Complex Grows to 4,284 Acres With 5% Containment
Press release from the Red Salmon Complex Fire Information Office:
2020-08-06-NWCalifornia-Red Salmon OutlookThe Red Salmon Complex is 4,284 acres and 5% contained while burning within the Trinity Alps Wilderness on the Six Rivers and Shasta-Trinity National Forests. Today, firefighters will use direct containment strategies and strengthen indirect lines in the wilderness using minimum impact suppression techniques while continuing to work with resource advisors to avoid disturbance to cultural resources. Firefighters are opening previously constructed control lines from past fires outside the wilderness as contingency lines. [Due to a report of increased COVID-19 cases in the local community the incident will strengthen COVID 19 mitigation protocols for crews in Orleans and ICP in Willow Creek by limiting crew exposure to local business.] California Interagency Incident Management Team 14 continues to make COVID-19 precautions a priority at all incident camps with daily temperature screenings of personnel and implementing measures such as wearing face coverings and social distancing to prevent coronavirus spread. Community and firefighter safety are a top priority of both the incident management team and the national forests.
The Red Fire is 3,536 acres and 0% contained. The fire is backing in most areas with some small group torching and short, terrain-driven runs. Last night, firing operations could not be conducted because of high relative humidity. Firing operations will be attempted today along the Lubbs Trail and the 10N01 road to connect burn operations along the north flank, further reducing fuels along the indirect fireline making it more secure as fire approaches.
The Salmon Fire is 748 acres and 5% contained. The fire had little growth yesterday, but the south flank is still the most active. Today, firefighters will continue direct fireline on the southwest flank from Backbone Ridge down to Eightmile Creek with the goal of tying those two lines in tonight or tomorrow. Firefighters will further strengthen lines along Salmon Summit Ridge and continue hose lays from Salmon Summit Ridge down towards Eightmile Creek. Current weather and past fire footprints are helping to reduce the fire spread at this time.
Weather: Cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity will persist through the day making direct fireline constructions easier, however, firing operations harder to accomplish on the north flank. A drying trend is expected to begin tonight and continue through the weekend.
Air quality: An air quality monitoring specialist is providing daily smoke forecasts and air quality information for the surrounding communities. Refer to fires.airfire.org/outlooks/NWCalifornia.
Closures: Big Rock River Access has been closed in the interest of public safety as it is being used as a dip site for helicopter operations in the fire suppression efforts on the Red Salmon Complex.
Earlier Chapters:
- Red Salmon Complex Nearly 4,000 Acres, Still 0% Containment
- Red Salmon Complex Still 0% Contained
- Red Salmon Complex Now Over 3,300 Acres With 0% Containment
- Red Salmon Complex Now at 2,643 Acres With 0% Containment
- The Red Salmon Complex, Burning in Humboldt, Trinity, and Siskiyou Counties, is Now Over 1000 Acres With 0% Containment
- The Salmon Fire and the Red Fire Are Being Managed as a Complex [MAP]
- Salmon Fire Started Yesterday, July 28, and Is Estimated to Be 220 Acres and Have 0% Containment
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I think I wuz wrong yesterday. The burn on Whitey’s Peak on this mornings op map shows it was a backburn. They almost tied the two burns together, but now it looks like it doesn’t matter as on this map
https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/%3F/41.2094/-123.4523/14 heat signatures show that the Red fire has already crossed over the line southeast of Whitey’s Peak and appears to have dropped into the China Creek drainage.
I wuz wrong yesterday and I hope I’m also wrong today.
I have often seen heat signature mapping wrong. Sometimes the drifting plume will register as a hot spot. I remember hotspots mapped in the middle of Whisketown lake.
Check again in a day.
Some of the small islands on Whiskeytown Lake burned in the Carr Fire.