Thread by @Sarah_Stierch

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

1/24

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.
✅264,374 acres (increase by 5,572)
✅39% contained
✅15 fatalities

2/24

#NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire which is managed by CAL FIRE:
✅76,900 acres
✅20% contained
✅15 fatalities
✅1 firefighter injury
✅608 destroyed
✅45 damaged
✅23,356 threatened

3/24

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
GOALS to keep the fire
📌N of Lamb Hill
📌E of Table Mtn
📌S of Gold Flat
📌W of Big Peak

4/24

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire Weather tonight
☁️Temps 70-75
☁️Relative humidity 21-28%
☁️Lower elevations SW winds 4-8 MPH, less than 5 MPH after midnight
☁️Higher elevations S winds 7-10 MPH

5/24

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🔥Red Flag winds didn’t materialize
🔥Containment lines continue to be strengthened and built

6/24

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WEST ZONE
🔥Please refer to my live tweets from today’s Facebook press conference for overview:

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Stierch/status/1305673148914786304

7/24

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
NORTH ZONE
🔥Fire stayed within perimeter, great progress from Lookout Rock down to Big Bend
🔥Firing operations at Four Trees and up Oroville Quincy Hwy
🔥40-acre spot fire on N side of Hwy near Frog Rock. Containing tonight
8/24

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SOUTH ZONE
🔥Mop up work along Mooreville Ridge from Sly Creek Res to Little Grass Valley
🔥Small firing operations on N side of PCT to Onion Valley
🔥Firing operation in McCarthy’s Bar

9/24

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SOUTH ZONE
🔥Helicopters dropped water in area
🔥Tonight crews will continue firing along PCT east to Chimney Rock to tie into LaPorte Rd

10/24

#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/

11/24

#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…

12/24

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MANDATORY EVACUATIONS

>BUTTE< areas include
🚨Berry Creek
🚨Brush Creek
🚨Big Bend
🚨Feather Falls
🚨Cherokee
And more…MAP tinyurl.com/y4pgmpsg

13/24

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MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
>PLUMAS<
🚨La Porte
🚨Bucks Lake
And more…MAP: tinyurl.com/PlumasEvacsNC

14/24

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MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
>YUBA<
🚨Zone 1, 2, 3C & 7
🚨Challenge
🚨Forbestown
🚨Woodleaf
🚨Clipper Mills
🚨Strawberry Valley

15/24

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EVACUATION WARNINGS
>BUTTE<
☎️Questions? 530-538-7826
MAP: tinyurl.com/ButteCoEvacs20
>PLUMAS<
Map: tinyurl.com/PlumasEvacsNC
>YUBA<
All remain in place. If you have a map of these zones, let me know.

16/24

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
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

17/24

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

18/24

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EVACUATION POINTS & INFO
💒Butte County/Gridley Fairgrounds
💒Yuba ☎️ Red Cross @ 530-673-1460
💒Yuba Welfare Checks ☎️ 530-749-7777 ext 5
💒Plumas ☎️ Social Services @ 530-283-6350

19/24

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BUTTE COUNTY ANIMAL EVACUATION
🦄Butte ☎️ 530-895-0000
🦄Camelot Equestrian Park
🦄Small - Old County Hospital, 2279 Del Oro, Oroville (FULL)
🦄Small - 521 Cal Oak Rd, Oroville

20/24

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PLUMAS & YUBA ANIMAL EVACUATION
🦄Plumas ☎️ 530-283-3673
🦄Yuba-Sutter Fairgrounds 
🦄Yuba welfare checks ☎️ 530-749-7777 ext 5

🦄NOTE: Posse Arena is FULL

21/24

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RETURNING HOME
🏘CAL FIRE Damage Assessment Map tinyurl.com/NCStructureRep…
🏘Returning home guide from @CalFire readyforwildfire.org/post-wildfire/…
22/24

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll do my best to answer or refer you to the right resource. Fire activity, behavior questions, verbiage questions, whatever...

23/24

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STAY SAFE, STAY VIGILANT
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