California Statewide Fire Summary for September 19, 2021 

September 19, 2021 - More than 10,000 firefighters continue to work towards containment on 11 major wildfires and two extended attack wildfires burning in California. Yesterday, firefighters also responded to 50 new wildfires. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 7,552 wildfires, which have burned more than 2.3 million acres.

A Red Flag Warning in effect through this evening for the Southern Sierra including eastern Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties for critical fire weather due to low humidity and gusty winds. A Fire Weather Watch issued tonight into Tuesday morning due to gusty winds and low humidity for portions of the Sacramento Valley and surrounding foothill and mountain terrain, as well as the North Bay mountains and East Bay hills. In Northern California, cooler unsettled weather today with isolated to scattered mountain showers and breezy Northwest wind. Ridging will build in along the coast behind the trough with dryer offshore flow in north – northwest to northeast winds developing early this week. In Southern California, a pacific trough will be over the west coast today. Strong high pressure will set up over California tomorrow through the end of the week. Westerly winds will surface across the mountain ridges and desert passes through this evening. Temperatures will remain 5 to 10° below normal through today,

With the Red Flag Warning in effect, CAL FIRE is urging all Californians to take extreme caution to prevent sparking a wildfire. With gusty winds, coupled with warm and dry conditions, fire danger will be elevated. The public is asked to take steps to prevent sparking a wildfire. To learn more, visit www.ReadyForWildfire.org.

Fires of Interest:

**Unified Command Fires**

Dixie Fire, Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama & Shasta Counties (more info…)
Feather River Canyon
*963,301 acres, 88% contained
*More than 1,600 structures threatened, 1,329 destroyed
*2nd Largest and 14th Most Destructive Wildfire in California history
*Evacuation orders and warnings in place for multiple communities
*Repopulation ongoing where safe to do so
*Damage assessment is ongoing
 Evacuation orders and warnings in place for multiple communities
*Unified Command CAL FIRE, USFS, BLM, and National Park Service
*CA IMT Team 14, CA IMT Team 1, and NIMO Team 1 in command

French Fire, Kern County (more info…)
West of Lake Isabella – Sequoia National Forest
*26,535 acres, 98% contained
*Unified Command USFS and Kern County Fire

Windy Fire, Tulare County
*18,075acres, 0% contained.
*Unified Command USFS, TIA and TCFD
**CA IMT 2, Team 11 in command

**Federal Incidents**

Antelope Fire, Siskiyou County (more info…)
South of Tennant – Klamath National Forest
*145,632 acres, 88% contained
*CA IMT 2, Team 10 (Petterson) in command

Beckwourth Complex, Lassen/Plumas Counties (more info…)
Northeast of Beckwourth – Plumas National Forest
*105,670 acres, 98% contained

Caldor Fire, El Dorado County (more info…)
South of Grizzly Flats – El Dorado National Forest
*218,876 acres, 71% contained
*15th largest and 16th Most Destructive Wildfire in California history
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*More than 5,400 structures remain threatened, 1,003 structures destroyed
*Damage inspection is ongoing
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Repopulation ongoing where safe to do so
*Unified Command CAL FIRE and USFS
*CA IMT 2, Team 12 (Nobles) in command

KNP Complex, Tulare County (more info...)
Milk Ranch Peak – Sequoia National Park
*21,777 acres, 0% contained
*Southern Area IMT Blue Team in command
*Includes the Paradise Fire and Colony Fire

McCash Fire, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Ten Bear Mtn McCash Creek - Six Rivers National Forest
*82,471acres, 22% contained
*Great Basin IMT Team 7 is in command

McFarland Fire, Shasta, Trinity & Tehama Counties (more info…)  FINAL
West of Platina – Shasta-Trinity National Forest
*122,653 acres, 100% contained

Monument Fire, Trinity County (more info…)
West of Big Bar – Shasta-Trinity National Forest
*218,457 acres, 53% contained
*16th largest fire in California history
*Northern Rockies IMT 1, Team 2 (Turman) in command

River Complex, Siskiyou & Trinity Counties (more info…)
West of Callahan – Klamath National Forest
*195,779 acres, 45% contained
*19th largest wildfire in California history
*Complex is comprised of 23 fires; 16 fires contained
*CA IMT Team 2 in command

Tamarack Fire, Alpine County (more info…)
South of Gardnerville – Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
*68,637 acres, 84% contained

**Extended Attack Incidents**
Hopkins Fire, Mendocino County (more info…)
Near Capella
*257 acres, 97% contained

Emigrant Fire, Los Angeles County
Near Pyramid Lake
*255 acres, 40% contained

Source: CAL FIRE