Wildfire News

County: Modoc County Location: in Dixie Valley, southwest of Bieber Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Lassen-Modoc Unit Acres Burned – Containment 77 acres – 10% contained Date Started: July 23, 2015 5:30 pm Last update: July 24, 2015 7:35 am

The Kyburz fire was reported at approximately 1:58 pm on July 23. Surface fire with isolated torching. Firefighters making good progress. The fire is on both sides of Highway 50. The section of fire on the south side of the highway has some short range spotting up to a 1/4 …

Name: Baxter Fire County: Placer County Location: Baxter Grade Rd, 3 miles West of Auburn Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Nevada Yuba Placer Unit Acres Burned – Containment 26 acres – 100% contained Date Started: July 22, 2015 6:17 pm Last update: July 22, 2015 7:50 pm

County: Napa County and Solano County Location: off of Hwy 128 near Greaves Rd, Lake Berryessa Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit Acres Burned – Containment 7,100 acres – 80% contained Date Started: July 22, 2015 2:24 pm Last update: July 24, 2015 10:15 am Phone Numbers (707) 967-1456 (Wragg …

County: Tulare County Location: Globe Dr and Mountain Rd, Springville Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Tulare Unit Acres Burned – Containment 430 acres – 100% contained Date Started: July 21, 2015 12:35 pm Last update: July 25, 2015 7:00 pm

County: Siskiyou County Location: Off Hwy 161 & Hwy 97, northeast of Dorris Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Siskiyou Unit Acres Burned – Containment 24 acres – 100% contained Date Started: July 21, 2015 5:00 pm Last update: July 22, 2015 5:00 pm

The Shasta-Trinity National Forest received lightning with varying amounts of precipitation this afternoon resulting in 14 new fires.

Numerous lightning strikes ignited seven wildland fires in the Western Divide Ranger District, Giant Sequoia National Monument in the past 24 hours. The following fires were discovered and are in different stages of being suppressed.Jordan Fire (1/10 acre) and the Lookout Fire (10X15 feet) are both burning near Jordan Peak …

County: Merced Location: off McCabe Rd and I-5 Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit Acres Burned – Containment 1,333 acres – 95% containment Date Started: July 1, 2015 10:27 pm Last update: July 20, 2015 8:00 am

County: Fresno County Location: off Powerhouse Rd, near Kercknoff Lake, north of the community of Auberry Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Fresno Unit/Fresno County Fire Acres Burned – Containment 60 acres – 95% containment Date Started: July 18, 2015 4:31 pm Last update: July 20, 2015 8:00 am

Lightning storms passing through Southern California mountains have started small lightning related fires in the San Bernardino National Forest. Firefighters will be working to suppress all of these fires.Below we have listed each fire by the name given to the fire the time the fire was reported the approximate location …

County: Los Angeles County Location: Angeles Crest Highway (Hwy 2) north of Wrightwood and near Big Pines Administrative Unit: Angeles National Forest Acres Burned: 125 – Containment: 10% Date Started: July 17, 2015 9:30 pm Last update: July 18, 2015 8:15 am