October 5, 2021 - Over 8,500 firefighters remain on the frontlines of California’s 10 major wildfires, with good progress being made on containment of the fires. Yesterday, firefighters responded to and quickly contained 21 new initial attack wildfires. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 7,856 wildfires that have burned more than 2.47 million acres in California.

Light rainfall tonight across the northwest quarter of California with amounts generally less than 0.25". Cooling this week with near normal readings today, then 5-15 degrees below normal Wednesday to Friday. Some snow possible Fri above 7500 ft in High Sierra. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will move across Southern California this afternoon into Tuesday afternoon. Most foothill and mountain locations will receive between a quarter inch and a half inch of rainfall and most coastal and valley locations will receive less than a quarter inch of rainfall. Temperatures will cool to around 5 degrees above normal today. Minimum humidity will increase into the 12% to 25% range today.

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Fires of Interest:

**Unified Command Fires**

French Fire, Kern County (more info…)
West of Lake Isabella – Sequoia National Forest
*26,535 acres, 99% contained

Windy Fire, Tulare County (more info…)
Tule River Indian Reservation – Sequoia National Forest
*97,014 acres, 72% contained
*Unified Command USFS, TIA and TCFD
*CA IMT Team 5 (Young) in command

**Federal Incidents**

Antelope Fire, Siskiyou County (more info…)
South of Tennant – Klamath National Forest
*145,632 acres, 95% contained

Caldor Fire, El Dorado County (more info…)
South of Grizzly Flats – El Dorado National Forest
*221,775 acres, 93% contained
*15th Largest and 16th Most Destructive Wildfire in California history
 *CA IMT2, Team 13 (Wakoski) in command

Dixie Fire, Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama & Shasta Counties (more info…)
Feather River Canyon
*963,309 acres, 94% contained
*2nd Largest and 14th Most Destructive Wildfire in California history
*Unified Command CAL FIRE, USFS
*Great Basin IMT Team 3 (Bollier) - West Zone
*Southern Area Gold Team (Beard) – East Zone

KNP Complex, Tulare County (more info...)
Milk Ranch Peak – Sequoia National Park
*76,768 acres, 11% contained
* SW Team 2 (Bales) in command
*Includes the Paradise Fire and Colony Fire

McCash Fire, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Ten Bear Mtn McCash Creek - Six Rivers National Forest
*94,962 acres, 61% contained
* CA IMT Team 10 (Dalrymple)

Monument Fire, Trinity County (more info…)
West of Big Bar – Shasta-Trinity National Forest
*223,001 acres, 81% contained
*14th largest wildfire in California history
*Southern Area Red Team (Parrish) in command

River Complex, Siskiyou & Trinity Counties (more info…)
West of Callahan – Klamath National Forest
*198,685 acres, 75% contained
*17th largest wildfire in California history
*CA IMT Team 15 (James) in command

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

Source: CAL FIRE