[UPDATE 7:35 p.m.: REOPENED] Hwy 299 Closed at Big Bar Due to the Monument Fire

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Smoke pouring skyward from the Monument Fire about 4:30 p.m.

Smoke pouring skyward from the Monument Fire about 4:30 p.m. [Photo from the AlertWildfire network]

The US Forest Service requested Caltrans close Hwy 299 at Big Bar about 4:30 p.m. because the Monument Fire is threatening the area.

Hwy 299 closure parameters shown above.

Hwy 299 closure parameters shown above. [Screensheet of Caltrans QuickMap]

According to Caltrans District 2, “SR 299 is closed from Hayden Flat Campground (west of Del Loma) to Big Flat Ranger Station (east of Big Bar) due to the #MonumentFire. No ETO. Choose alternate routes.”

Heat outline of the Monument Fire taken at 5:40 a.m. today. Click for a downloadable version that works with Google Earth.

Heat outline of the Monument Fire taken at 5:40 a.m. today.

The map above shows the fire as of 5:40 a.m. today. The fire has grown considerably since then.

The Monument Fire last night.

The Monument Fire last night. [Photo provided by Duane Sherman Sr]

Hwy 36 was closed just a short time earlier due to another wildfire. See here for information.

UPDATE 7:35 p.m.: According to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page, Hwy 299 has reopened. Hwy 299 Reopens, But ‘Subject to Closure at Any Time’

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Paul
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Paul
2 years ago

Thanks for the article, Kim. Another map show this fire has spotted west to Canadian Creek headwaters, and north of Hwy 299 at Del Loma. The wind is breezy and the smoke column is pretty high.

Another fire started Friday night just up Underwood Mountain Road, about 1/3 mile from Hwy 299. It was contained by about noon on Saturday

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Seldom Scene
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Seldom Scene
2 years ago

Hey, any updates on this fire? Im in Willow Creek and just learned about this now. Explains the smoke and ash.
Thanks RHBB

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Nicholas Toy
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Nicholas Toy
2 years ago
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is Highway 5 to 299 headed to Junction city California is it shut down due to the fire

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Seldom Scene
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Seldom Scene
2 years ago

Burned forests happen

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Long and Winding Road
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Long and Winding Road
2 years ago

Road closed for the night and possible closures for 36 hours per cal trans on site.

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Chuck huston
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Chuck huston
2 years ago

Tomorrow morning I’m going to 36 to highway 3 then over to 299 right turn out to I-5 right head to red bluff

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