Boise Fire Poised to be the 11th Largest Fire in California This Year
The Orleans Mountain Lookout has been wrapped for protection against possible overrun by the Boise Fire. [Photo by Kaleena Lynde/USFS]
As other fires throughout the state have been reined in, fire personnel on the Boise Fire, which grew over 800 acres yesterday, have now been bumped up to 940 personnel compared to yesterday’s 816. The Hill Fire south of Willow Creek has been 100% contained and even crews on the massive 430,000 acre Park Fire are being released from it as 50% containment is being reached.
According to Boise Fire command, “Last night’s conducive conditions allowed for another good night of work, with crews focusing again on mopping up and securing the north and west sides of the fire.”
The command reports that with the north and west perimeters holding for now, much of the effort today is shifting to the fire’s southern and eastern flanks. Firefighters are concentrating on the active northeast edge, working from Orleans Mountain southward. They aim to leverage the diminished fire activity in the area to cut off further spread. Crews are also working from Nordheimer Flat south along the ridgeline and north from High Point Ridge to secure the eastern boundary of the fire. Additionally, fire managers are scouting contingency lines and exploring options for containment between the proposed handline and the Salmon River and road.
Despite the progress in some areas, the fire remains uncontained, and its growth continues to threaten the surrounding communities and forests.
The Plan:
[Photo by Kaleena Lynde/USFS]
The Weather:
According to Fire Command, “The weather today is anticipated to be much the same as yesterday, with the inversion lifting early- to mid- afternoon. Fire behavior is expected to remain moderated by higher humidity and cooler temperatures. A wetter system is expected to pass through the fire area tomorrow, with a solid chance of wetting rain in the forecast followed by a return to dry and hot conditions.”
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Evacuation Information:
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Earlier:
- Humboldt Co. Sheriff Issues Evacuation Orders and Warnings for Boise Fire
- Boise Fire Explodes Overnight to 915 Acres, Structures Threatened, Evacuations Ordered
- Boise Fire in Northeastern Humboldt Grows to 1,621 Acres
- Boise Fire in Northern Humboldt Balloons to 2,933 Acres Today
- Boise Fire Expands to 3610 Acres and There Is 0% Containment
- Boise Fire Forms Pyrocumulus Cloud This Afternoon
- The Boise Fire Continues to Create an Impressive Smoke Column From Many Angles
- Humboldt County Sheriff Issues Evacuation Order and Evacuation Warning After Boise Fire Grew Rapidly
- Boise Fire Near Orleans Prompts Air Quality Advisories and Smoke Impacts Across Northern California
- Boise Fire Quieter But Still Adds Almost 2500 Acres in the Last Day
- Six Rivers National Forest issues Boise Fire closure order
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Too bad they don’t brag about how small they get them out instead of how big they plan to grow them.
They get bigger now because they kept them smaller before.
Try to keep up, old man.
Excuses, deception and lies and the release of carcinogens into the air. The positiveness of the fire does not justify the cancer that’s created. Wrong time of year for this. It should have been put out, not intentionally made into what it is. Not to mention the millions of dollars that are being extorted from the tax payers. So the people who like fire get their way by lying. If they were in the right they wouldn’t have to lie. If they could put them out for a hundred years they could put them out now. Think about that Sicko.
Now a fire could sweep through burn scars again because clean up, which will be filled with dense volatile regrowth for years, is also not allowed after a fire. Patchy prescribed burns as a policy seem insufficient at best.
Somehow the logic of preventing future big fires by letting them burn now so they won’t burn later when they certainly will burn later again seems more like government philosophy of convenience than a plan despite the commenters who will regurgitate the science that forest fires now are so bad because they were so assiduously put out previously. Unless of course climate change means they will never be “healthy” non burning forests again. The person who holds the one idea seems to be the same as the other.
Thanks Yabut
Choking on the smoke from all their burning
“…their burning.” who are they? The man? The gubernment?
One can choose to not live where it is hot and dry.
Get real.
People have lived here since time immemorial. The USFS uses drip torches and drones for thousands of ignitions once the original ignition started the fire. Most of the smoke we have breathed out here in the past few years are from the USFS’ various types of firing operations once they start managing “the fire”
And if you look at the tribes who have been here since time immemorial, they put fire out in the summer, not play with it.
Hot and dry? We’re not Redding or Chico or other points east. These are still the coastal mountains. Banana slugs, ferns and moss live here. Oh it looks like it’s going to rain any minute now.
Where do you live?
It was only 5 acres when first reported…
90% of fires are caught under five acres. If it’s five or bigger it’s a big fire.
As opposed to all the fires that are 10,000 acres when first reported?
Well you know what they say…”second is the same as last”. You win or you lose. 2nd,3rd, etc are meaningless.
How did the Boise fire get started?
We don’t care how they compare in size we just care that you put them out before they destroy someone else’s property.