Three meetings about fires burning in Trinity County will be held over the next two days.
· The Mad River, South and Route fire complexes will be discussed Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Hyampom Volunteer Fire Department, and on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the Lamb Creek Christian Center on Hwy 36 in Mad River.
· A meeting about the River Complex is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Umpqua bank branch in Willow Creek.
Currently fires in Trinity County are burning more than 250 square miles. Clean Air Shelters have been set up due to hazardous air conditions from high levels of smoke.
· The Mad River Complex around Ruth Lake has reached 47 square miles in size. Group torching has been observed. It’s 65 percent contained.
· The Route Complex is 54 square miles and is 37 percent contained. Mandatory evacuations remain in effect. Firefighters are currently battling uphill runs. Isolated torching has been reported.
· The South Complex has burned nearly 35 square miles. It’s 50 percent contained. Evacuations and road closures remain in place.
· The Fork Complex, near Hayfork and Peanut is now nearly 57 square miles in size. It’s 60 percent contained. Mandatory evacuations and road closures remain in place. An evacuation center in Hayfork remains open at the Solid Rock Christian Church.
· The River Complex, north of 299, has now torched 75 square miles and is 22 percent contained. Firefighters are working to protect communities along State Highway 299 and within the Hoopa Valley Reservation. Evacuations remain in effect for Daily Ranch, Bell Flat, Hoboken, Quimby and Denny.
For up-to-date information on all fires burning in the Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers National Forests, call 628-0039. Further details on evacuations and road closures can be found on Trinity County’s website.
Elsewhere in California at least seven active wildfires are currently burning. In Northern California:
· A nearly 4 square mile fire is burning in between Livermore and Tracy in Alameda County. The Tesla Fire was first reported Wednesday. It’s being fueled by grass and brush near an area of isolated farm and ranch structures. It’s 25 percent contained.
· In Humboldt County, a nearly half-a-square-mile fire is continuing to grow. Strong winds off the ocean are contributing the fires spread. The Horse Fire is located near Saddle Mountain Road, six miles northeast of Shelter Cove. It’s 10 percent contained.
· In Lake and Napa counties, the Jerusalem Fire is still 95 percent contained. It’s torched about 40 square miles in the Jerusalem Valley area, northeast of Middletown.
Recently contained fires:
· Humboldt Lightning Fires (Humboldt County) – These fires were fully contained at about 8 square miles.
· West Fire (Butte County) – This vegetation fire was burning near West Way at 18th Street in Oroville on Wednesday. It was fully contained at 2 acres.
For more on these and other California wildfires, visit the stateor federalwildfire websites.