Park Fire update

According to a CalFire statement at 8:42 a.m. today, Friday, Aug. 16, the Park Fire has blackened 429,263 acres Butte Tehama, Shasta and Plumas counties and is 49 percent contained.

The fire is expected to stay within control lines today due to favorable weather conditions

The Park Fire is being managed under Unified Command with CalFire and the Lassen National Forest.

The fire held within containment lines with limited creeping and smoldering. Fire behavior was minimal due to good overnight humidity recovery. Today will be warmer however favorable conditions are expected throughout the day. Fire is expected to remain within control lines.

Fire crews will continue tactical patrol, removing hazardous trees and mitigating smokes throughout the day. Extended effort remains in the northeast portion of the fire as they are making progress removing snags, improving control lines and increasing mop-up depth. The southern three-quarters of the incident is in repopulation and recovery phase. Be cautious on the roadways as repopulations are occurring.

The Park Fire has burned 113,744 acres on the Lassen National Forest.

Damage Inspection Teams have completed 100 percent of their assessments. Between both counties, there are 641 destroyed structures and 52 damaged structures. The total number destroyed and damaged includes infrastructure.

Butte County
No damage: 893 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).
Damaged: 47 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).
Destroyed: 428 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).

Tehama County
No damage: 391 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).
Damaged: 5 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).
Destroyed: 213 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).