The Dixie fire consumed an additional 2,441 acres Tuesday and its containment is now 27 percent contained, a 2 percent rise from Tuesday morning’s incident report.
Cal Fire previously lowered the acreage spread of the Dixie fire on Monday from 489,287 acres to 482,047 acres due to better mapping by fire officials. However as of Tuesday night’s Cal Fire incident report the acreage has grown to 490,205 acres.
The fire is the second-largest fire in state history. The fire started July 13 in the Feather River Canyon near the Cresta Powerhouse.
Previous evacuation orders for the Butte Meadows, Jonesville and Lake Philbrook areas have been reduced to evacuation warnings, Cal Fire announced Tuesday afternoon. An evacuation warning for the Snag Lake area has been lifted and there are currently no evacuation orders in Butte County.
Cal Fire reported 134 additional structures destroyed in the fire Tuesday bringing the total to 1,027. Eight additional structures were damaged Tuesdays bringing the total to 69. There have been no civilian injuries or fatalities, however there has been three first responder injuries.
The expected containment date, which was pushed back 10 days from Aug. 20 to Aug. 30 Monday morning, was changed in Monday night’s incident report to “to be determined.”
East Zone
Cal Fire reported crews were able to make progress Monday night.
However, fire crews encountered increased fire behavior in the northeast perimeter of the Dixie fire’s East Zone near Coyote Peak, China Gulch and Dyer Mountain. Increased fire behavior occurred as temperatures rose and southwest afternoon winds returned to the area.
Drought conditions have caused tree and vegetation mortality which has increased fire behavior. Fire crews are expecting the current weather pattern to continue throughout the week as temperatures reach above 100 degrees with erratic winds and possible dry thunderstorms.
West Zone
Fire crews worked throughout the day Tuesday to extinguish hot spots and improve containment lines while heavy smoke settled in the area reducing visibility for firefighters.
Cal Fire reported that high temperatures, gusty winds and dry vegetation are continued concerns for potential fire growth. Isolated thunderstorms are anticipated later in the week.
Evacuation warnings will continue for Butte County areas including Inskip as well as the Bald Mountain area including Bald Mountain, east to the Butte and Plumas County lines and south to Oak Point.
Cal Fire noted that evacuation warnings and orders are rapidly changing and to visit https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents and https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7690/ for the most recent evacuation map.
Source: Orange County Register
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