Park Fire update • 3:37 p.m. Wednesday, July 31

Situation summary
According to fire.ca.gov, “USFS fire resources in the northeast section of the Park Fire are constructing fire lines directly next to the advancing fire’s edge, and at strategic locations away from the fire’s edge, to minimize the overall fire area.

The Antelope Creek Drainage and Mill Creek drainages have active fires within them. As they battle the fire aggressively, they prioritize firefighter and public safety.

The Park Fire continues to burn very actively at multiple locations around the perimeter. Smoke is expected to be more widespread with very limited and late clearing.

Daytime temperatures continue to climb a few degrees each day, daytime humidity values will be in the 20-25 percent range.

Heavy fuels are very receptive and are near record levels of dryness.

The weather is expected to become much warmer and drier later this week, with some winds and potential for thunderstorms. High temperatures, low relative humidity dropping into the teens, and poor nighttime moisture recoveries will allow for increased fire activity and extreme fire behavior. Winds will be more out of the south and range from 6 to 10 miles-per-hour with gusts to 15 mph. The chance for thunderstorms with outflow winds has potential to cause erratic fire spread.

Fire crews are providing structure defense where needed. They are attempting to complete containment lines in some areas and gain a stronghold in the challenging topography while also engaging in mop-up where applicable.

The current acreage is 389,791 total

• Butte County: 52,764 acres.
• Tehama County: 337,027 acres.
• Damage Inspection Teams are at 75 percent completion of their assessments. These numbers are updated twice daily.

Between both counties, there are 361 destroyed structures and 36 damaged structures. The total number destroyed includes infrastructure.

Butte County
No damage: 602 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).
Damaged: 32 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).
Destroyed: 258 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).

Tehama County
No damage: 210 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).
Damaged: 4 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).
Destroyed: 103 (Residential, Comm, Minor, other structures).

Road closures
Butte County
Cohasset/Rock Creek.
Skyway/Gypsum.
Highway 32/Platt Mountain Road.
Highway 32/14 Mile House Drive.

Tehama County
Highway 36 at Highway 32, staffed hard closure.
Highway 36 at Manton Road, staffed hard closure.

Shasta County
Black Butte Road at Highway 44 (No southbound traffic at Black Butte).
Wildcat at Black Butte (No southbound or northbound traffic).
Wilson Hill at Wood Ridge (No southbound traffic on Wilson Hill).
Shingletown Ridge Road at Highway 44 (No southbound traffic on Shingletown Ridge Road).