Thread by @Sarah_Stierch

🌚GOOD EVENING🌚
Here is your report about the #NorthComplex currently burning in #ButteCounty, #PlumasCounty & #YubaCounty. This fire comprises two merged fires: #BearFire & #ClaremontFire. #NorthComplexWestZone #NorthComplexFire
📸View from Bloomer Mtn Repeater

1/19

#NorthComplex as of 9/13 PM. The Bear & Claremont Fires merged on 9/7 to form the North Complex.
✅258,802 acres (up from 258,496)
✅26% contained
✅12 fatalities
✅23,356 structures threatened
✅325 structures destroyed
✅31 structures damaged

2/19

#NorthComplexWestZone which is managed by CAL FIRE
✅74,200 acres
✅18% contained
✅21 damaged structures
✅253 destroyed structures
✅2 commercial structures damaged
✅39 commercial structures destroyed
✅15 other structures damaged
✅125 other structures destroyed

3/19

#NorthComplex weather tonight
🚩Red Flag Warning Monday
☁️60-71 degrees
☁️29-35% relative humidity
☁️Light winds E-NE 3-8 MPH

4/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone ACTIVITY
🔥NE containment lines holding well. Mop-up continues
🔥Lookout Rock & Ontop Mine remain OK despite surrounding fire activity
🔥Crews working to tie fire into Camp Fire scar which can quell Complex fire
5/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone ACTIVITY
🔥Improved lines from 2018 near Flea Valley and surrounding area
🔥Fire was spotting today but quickly caught by crews
🔥Structure protection continues
🔥Still active on Bloomer Mountain but the Repeater is OK
6/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone ACTIVITY
🔥Containment line connected from Little Grass Valley Reservoir south to Mooreville Ridge to Sly Creek Reservoir
🔥Fire operations along McCarthy’s Bar due to steep terrain
🔥Good progress along Big Bar & Big Bend

7/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone ACTIVITY
🔥Goals to secure ares of Strawberry Valley, Clipper Mills, Forbestown, because they haven’t burned in recent history and many many fuels

8/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX #NORTHCOMPLEXWESTZONE #BEARFIRE #CLAREMONTFIRE
FIRE REMINDER - DO NOT FLY DRONES OVER FIRES
🛸 All air support has to stop if a drone is spotted in the fire zone. Don’t fly drones over fires! nifc.gov/drones/

9/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX #NORTHCOMPLEXWESTZONE
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS

>BUTTE< tinyurl.com/y4pgmpsg

>PLUMAS< tinyurl.com/PlumasEvacsNC

10/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX #NORTHCOMPLEXWESTZONE
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
MANDTORY EVACUATIONS
>YUBA<
🚨Challenge
🚨Forbestown
🚨Woodleaf
🚨Clipper Mills
🚨Strawberry Valley

11/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX #NORTHCOMPLEXWESTZONE
>BUTTE<
☎️Questions? 530-538-7826
tinyurl.com/ButteCoEvacs20

>PLUMAS<
tinyurl.com/PlumasEvacsNC

>YUBA<
📢E of Willow Glenn Rd
📢S of La Porte Rd
📢W of Martin Way @ La Porte Rd
📢Westcott Way @ Willow Glen Rd

12/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX #NORTHCOMPLEXWESTZONE
If you are under mandatory evacuation, don’t be a hero, please leave ASAP.
If you need assistance evacuating calling 9-1-1
Learn more about how to be ready to evacuate here: tinyurl.com/CALFIREGO

13/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX COUNTY RESOURCE WEBSITES
Butte buttecounty.net
Plumas tinyurl.com/PlumasInfo
Yuba yuba.org/emergency/

14/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX
EVACUATION POINTS & INFO
💒Butte County/Gridley Fairgrounds
💒Yuba ☎️ Red Cross @ 530-673-1460
💒Plumas ☎️ Social Services @ 530-283-6350

15/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX
ANIMAL EVACUATION
🦄Butte ☎️ 530-895-0000
🦄Camelot Equestrian Park
🦄Small - Old County Hospital, 2279 Del Oro, Oroville
🦄Small - 521 Cal Oak Rd, Oroville

16/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX PLUMAS & YUBA ANIMAL EVACUATION
☎️ for assistance
🦄Plumas 530-283-3673
🦄Yuba 530-749-7777 ext 5

17/19

RETURNING HOME #NORTHCOMPLEX
BE SAFE. BE CAREFUL.
🏘CAL FIRE Damage Assessment Map tinyurl.com/NCStructureRep…
🏘Returning home guide from @CalFire readyforwildfire.org/post-wildfire/…

18/19

#NORTHCOMPLEX STAY SAFE, STAY VIGILANT
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19/19