Thread by @Sarah_Stierch

🌞GOOD MORNING🌞
Here is your AM report about the #NorthComplex currently burning in #ButteCounty, #PlumasCounty & #YubaCounty. This fire comprises two merged fires: #BearFire & #ClaremontFire. #NorthComplexWestZone #NorthComplexFire

1/18

📸AM from Bloomer Hill

Here is the latest #NorthComplex #BearFire #NorthComplexWestZone data as of 9/14 PM. The Bear & Claremont Fires merged on 9/7 to form the North Complex. It’s managed by Plumas NF & CAL FIRE.
✅287,354 acres (up from 287,181)
✅54% contained (up from 41%)
✅15 fatalities

2/18

#NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire which is managed by CAL FIRE:
✅79,850 acres (down from 78,372 due to better mapping)
✅47% contained (up from 43%)
✅15 fatalities
✅3 firefighter injury (up from 1)
✅1,323 destroyed (up from 1,147)
✅81 damaged (up from 74)

3/18

#NorthComplex #BearFire #NorthComplexWestZone MAP as of 9/19 AM

🗺️ tinyurl.com/NorthComplex919

4/18

Weather for #NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
☁️Gradual warming and drying. Morning will be chilly. Full sun by afternoon.
☁️67-79 temps
☁️Relative humidity 23-40%
☁️WSW winds 5-10 MPH, limited gusts 15 MPH

5/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
🔥PG&E & Caltrans are working in fire zone to fix damaged infrastructure
🔥W-Perimeters still holding. Working on making safe for repopulation.
🔥W-Contingency lines completed near Cherokee

6/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
🔥S-Perimeters still holding. Working on making safe for repopulation.

7/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
🔥SE-Burning in heavy fuels and steep terrain south to Lost Creek & SW to Feather River S. Fork. Will watch for slop overs and spots today.
🔥SE-Fire jumped fire line along Forbestown Reservoir Rd NE of Forbestown

8/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
🔥N-Minimal fire activity near/S of Meadow Valley
🔥N-Smoldering and small flare ups possible in area S of Bucks Lake
🔥N-Finger SW of Haskins/Bucks Lake has potential for spotting, activity along perimeter

9/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
🔥NE-Active near Quincy La Porte Rd, Quartz Point and Hottentot Tr
🔥NE-Fire continues to move through Onion Valley

10/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
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/

11/18

YUBA COUNTY EVACUATION REMINDER
Please leave if you haven’t already from
🚨N & E of where New York House Rd meets La Porte Rd
FOLLOWING AREA REMAINS UNDER EVAC WARNING
📢Brownsville
Map: tinyurl.com/YubaEvacMap
Fire jumped line last night NE of Forbestown.
12/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place.
🗺️Butte County: tinyurl.com/y4pgmpsg
🗺️Plumas County: tinyurl.com/PlumasEvacsNC
ℹ️Yuba County: tinyurl.com/YubaEvacMap

13/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
🏘CAL FIRE Damage Assessment Map - Updated daily. If your address isn’t listed that means it hasn’t been surveyed yet tinyurl.com/NCStructureRep…
🏘Returning home from @CalFire readyforwildfire.org/post-wildfire/…

14/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
Have you lost your home/business/structures or suffered damage at your property?
🏚Get started on your @fema applications NOW: disasterassistance.gov

15/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
RESOURCE WEBSITES
Butte buttecounty.net
Plumas tinyurl.com/PlumasInfo
Yuba yuba.org/emergency/

16/18

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
Butte County resources
Butte buttecounty.net
ℹ️Butte County Evacuation & Fire Questions Hotline: [phone]
ℹ️Butte County Sheriff Missing Person Hotline: [phone]

17/18

STAY SAFE, STAY VIGILANT
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