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

📸AM from Bloomer Hill

1/19

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.
✅273,335 acres (up from 269,358)
✅36% contained (down from 39%)
✅15 fatalities
2/19

#NorthComplex #BearFire #NorthComplexWestZone
Increased containment on the far SW tip near Oroville.
Today’s 🗺️ tinyurl.com/NorthComplex91…

3/19

#NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire which is managed by CAL FIRE:
✅77,479 acres (up from 77,329)
✅30% contained (up from 29)
✅15 fatalities
✅1 firefighter injury
✅865 destroyed (up from 782)
✅60 damaged (up from 58)
#NorthComplex
4/19

#NorthComplex #BearFire #NorthComplexWestZone
GOALS TO KEEP FIRE
📌N of Lamb Hill
📌E of Table Mtn
📌S of Gold Flat
📌W of Big Peak

5/19

Weather for #NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire TODAY
☁️Dry and sunny
☁️84-89 degrees
☁️Relative humidity 18-23%

6/19

Weather for #NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire TODAY
☁️Lower elevations: Light, variable winds in AM; SW winds 4-7 MPH w/gusts to 10 MPH
☁️Higher elevations: SE wind 3-5 MPH in AM; SW winds 6-9 MPH w/gusts to 14 MPH

7/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire activity today
🔥Building/strengthening containment and contingency lines
🔥Mop up and suppression work

8/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire WEST ZONE
🔥Extended containment NE of Oroville
🔥Fire activity reduced overall
🔥Today: Jackass Flat may be receptive to spotting and spread
🔥S of Lost Creek & Sly Creek Reservoirs could see starts due to lots of dry fuel

9/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire WEST ZONE
🔥Ponderosa Reservoir could see starts due to heavy dry fuels (was activity N of it last night)
🔥Keeping watch fuel beds near Stringtown, Bloomer Hill and Cherokee

10/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire NORTH ZONE
🔥Moderate behavior flanking Red Mountain on W & E side
🔥Small firing operation near Red Mountain was successful
🔥Today: Spotting behavior due to dry fuels in 1999 Bucks Fire scar

11/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire NORTH ZONE
🔥Today: Area being monitored with drones
🔥Today: Strengthen lines west to Oro-Quincy Rd
🔥Today: Dozer lines along Oro-Quincy Rd into Camp Fire burn scar
12/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire SOUTH ZONE
🔥Last night containment lines held
🔥Small slopover (when fire crosses control line) on S side of Little Grass Valley Dam, contained

13/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire SOUTH ZONE
🔥Today: Mop up and strengthen lines along Mooreville Ridge and along LaPorte Rd
🔥Today: Reinforce Minerva Bar south to PCT

14/19

#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/
#CaliforniaFires

15/19

#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? Review this @CalFire link readyforwildfire.org/post-wildfire/…

16/19

#NorthComplex #NorthComplexWestZone #BearFire
All other evacuation orders and warnings remain in place.
🗺️Butte County - tinyurl.com/y4pgmpsg
🗺️Plumas County - tinyurl.com/PlumasEvacsNC
ℹ️Yuba County - yuba.org/emergency/

17/19

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

18/19

STAY SAFE, STAY VIGILANT
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19/19