Park Fire update — 7:29 a.m. Aug. 30
The Park Fire has burned 429,603 acres in Butte, Tehama, Shasta and Plumas counties. It is 94 percent contained.
According to a statement from CalFire, crews are making good progress mopping up and removing hazard trees that threaten control lines.
Status update
The Park Fire is being managed under Unified Command with CalFire and the Lassen National Forest.
At 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, CalFire Incident Management Team 6 transitioned management of the State Responsibility Area of the fire to the CalFire Tehama-Glenn Unit. The Federal Responsibility Area of the fire will be managed by CIMT Southwest Team 2.
Warm and dry conditions continued throughout the day. Humidity across the incident dropped to mid-teens and low 20s. Vegetation has completely dried out and will sustain ignition.
Today, crews made good progress mopping up and removing hazard trees that threaten control lines. Deep seated heat is still possible to be found within bulldozer piles. Threats have been significantly reduced; however, some threats still exist in areas inside the fire perimeter.
Fire suppression repair is ongoing to mitigate possible effects to resources resulting from fire suppression.
A safety risk still remains in the fire area associated with heavy equipment operating near personnel for fire suppression repair.
A traffic safety concern exists regarding a large quantity of fire resource traffic on Highway 36 (Antelope Boulevard) in and around the Tehama Fairgrounds and Antelope Elementary School. Continued traffic measures were implemented during peak morning hours.
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Park Fire structure status
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