Park Fire update — overnight conditions improve for firefighters

According to a report from CalFire at 5:53 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, the Park Fire had blackened 429,267 acres in Butte, Tehama, Shasta and Plumas counties.

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

CalFire IMT 4 will transition management of the fire to CalFire IMT 6, that will officially take over at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19. This scheduled rotation is to ensure the well-being of our team members. CalFire IMT 6 will continue with containment, fire suppression repair and community safety efforts. A big thanks to both CalFire IMT 3 and IMT 4 for the tremendous work they have been able to accomplish, and continued success to CalFire IMT 6 as they assume operational management and control.

Significant winds impacted the fire with gusts up to 30 mph today. One spot fire was detected outside of control lines and was quickly contained by air and ground resources. Fire activity was minimal in all other areas of the fire.

Overnight an increase in relative humidity and a decrease in wind speed will lead to more favorable conditions for firefighters.

We ask the public to be cautious as we continue to repopulate within the fire area.

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).