Monday afternoon Northern California fires update

But when they returned to their property to look for him. all Joyce had to do was call his name, and there he was.

“This happens to other people”, said Tom, a 55-year-old horticulturalist. The Black Canyon fire, west of Pateros, has grown to about 3,500 acres.

Level 2 evacuation notices remain in effect for Forest Service Road 77 in the Bennett Peak area, the main Eagle area and Tamarack Campground.

In Mendocino County, where there is now no major fire, some residents may have been thinking, “where’s that smoke coming from?”

A map of California fires closest to Napa County. As many as 75 total homes and businesses are estimated to have been lost.

The Reynolds Creek Fire reported July 21, is 67 percent contained and burning 4,300 acres on the east side Glacier Park.

Crews have restored most of the power that had been lost in the region, according to Chelan County Public Utilities District.

Federal officials say the U.S. Forest Service’s budget will eventually be overwhelmed by increased firefighting costs, diverting the agency from fire-prevention work, unless Congress makes a fix. It has a crew of 115 people assigned and is threatening structures and cattle pastures in the Upper Willow Creek and Rock Creek drainages.

Fire crews say there are around 755 personnel in total working on the fires.

With a light breeze and mild temperatures, Pearce said the weather could give firefighters an opportunity to gain headway Monday.

The fire started the morning of Friday, August 14, 2015, and the cause is believed to be lightning. People receiving Level 2 notices are expected to be ready to evacuate immediately.

Montana and Idaho had 86 active fires burning Monday, including seven in Montana that had no firefighters on scene yet. It started on Thursday during a thunderstorm from a tree falling in power lines.

“We’ve gotten a lot of additional resources since then”, Troy District Ranger Kirsten Kaiser said on Monday afternoon.

Foster said firefighters are building fire lines around the transmission cable and near Curlew, where homes are threatened.

Here’s what the 7-million-acre number also conceals: Before Alaska’s megafires erupted in June, the nation had been on course for a slightly below-average year in terms of overall acres scorched, according to data published by the National Interagency Fire Center last week. Fires grew about 1,000 acres over the weekend. Three helicopters arrived yesterday to support firefighting efforts.

Yarbrough said he plans to rebuild. The Blue Lake fire, in rugged country about 6 miles from Conconully, is a concern, he said. Archambeault said the 400-acre fire was getting nearly no attention from firefighters because it’s in such a remote location.

Archambeault said his team of firefighters was pulled from the Nine Mile fire near Oroville. Now, it’s minimally staffed. Resources from this fire will be reassigned as priorities change.

River Complex: Multiple fires totalling 37,165 acres in Trinity County near Denny, 18 percent contained.