California Statewide Fire Summary for Thursday, September 8, 2022 

September 8, 2022 - As of this morning, there are 7,474 firefighters making progress on 11 major wildfires and four extended attack wildfires in California. One major wildfire is now fully contained. Yesterday, firefighters also responded to 33 new initial attack wildfires across the state.

Since the beginning of the year, 272,144 acres have burned in California. While firefighters continue battling the current major wildfires, CAL FIRE and fire departments across the state remain prepared for potential more significant wildfires due to critical fire weather.

Northern California will continue to see high risk for heat wave conditions and/or gusty winds due to a weak to moderate northerly wind push through Friday. Ridging thru Friday with a north northeast-east wind push and continued hot to very hot conditions and low to very low relative humidity (both day-night). Areas of expanding north-northeast breezes (peak gusts 20-35 mph) today across the north and Sacramento Valley, then enhancing tonight across most of the region excluding most of the Greater Bay Area. High pressure remains centered over the Great Basin today, bringing hot weather to Southern California. The remnants of Hurricane Kay will bring significant impacts to southern portions of the area Friday into Saturday. Hot weather is expected again today, though most areas will see about 2 to 5 degrees of cooling. The remnants of Hurricane Kay will bring a wetting rainfall to much of southern California from Friday afternoon through Saturday. Many areas will likely see 0.5 to 1 inch of rainfall, but east facing mountain slopes of the Cleveland and San Bernadino Nation Forest may see localized rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches. This could lead to flash flooding and mudslides.

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Fires of Interest:

**CAL FIRE Fires**

Mountain, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Gazelle-Callahan Road x Gazelle Mountain Lookout Road
11,690 acres 45% contained
*Continued threat to structures
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Fire behavior moderated overnight
*Red Flag warning in effect in area
*CAL FIRE IMT 5 (Hopkins) is in command

Mill, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Woodridge Court x Woodridge Way, City of Weed
3,935 acres, 75% contained
*Continued threat to structures
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Repopulation plan implemented and ongoing
*Minimal fire behavior observed
*Red Flag warning in effect in area
*DINS Teams continue to assess structures
*Suppression repair is underway
*CAL FIRE IMT 5 (Hopkins) is in command

Walker, Mendocino County* (more info…)
Highway 101 and Walker Road
124 acres, 90% contained

**Unified Command Fires**

Mosquito, Placer County (more info…)
Oxbow Reservoir, 3 miles east of Foresthill
*6870 acres, 0% contained
*Continued threat to structures and powerlines
*Threat to the communities of Foresthill, Volcanoville, and areas of Michigan Bluff, Baker Ranch and Chicken Hawk
*Threats exist to critical infrastructure
*Evacuation orders and warnings remain in place
*Additional evacuations in progress
*Evacuation center established
*Fire burned actively overnight and made significant runs
*Weather and terrain hindering suppression efforts
*Unified Command CAL FIRE, USFS and Placer County Sheriff's Office

Radford, San Bernardino County* (more info…)
2N10 x 2N06, Community of Big Bear
*1,100 acres, 2% contained
*Threat to structures
*Evacuation orders issued for South Fork Canyon
*Short range spotting observed
*Fire is in remote location with difficult access
*CAIIMT Team 11 (Fogle) mobilized. In-briefing 0700 tomorrow
*Unified Command USFS and San Bernardino County Fire

Fairview, Riverside County* (more info…)
Fairview Ave x Bautista Rd, Bautista Canyon
*18,657 acres grass and brush, 5% contained
*Threat to structures and powerlines
*Damage inspection initiated
*Evacuations in progress
*Fire running upslope aligned with terrain and wind
*CAL FIRE ECC Support Team 10 assigned
*CAL FIRE IMT 6 (Veik) in transition this morning
*Unified Command CAL FIRE and Hemet City Fire

**Federal Incidents**

2022 SRF Lightning Complex, Trinity County* (more info…)
Willow Creek Area
*41,502 acres, 81% contained

Yeti, Siskiyou County (more info…)
Seiad south of HWY 96 and south of the Klamath River
*7,886 acres, 98% contained

Red, Mariposa County* (more info…)
Between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek
*6,082 acres, 15% contained

Rodgers, Mariposa County* (more info…)
Northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley
*2,552 acres, 20% contained

Barnes, Modoc County (more info…)
NEW Buck Creek Rd x Buck Creek Overlook Rd
*1,621 acres, 0% contained

**Initial Attack Incidents**

Hill, Placer County (more info…)
Iowa Hill Rd x Giant Gap Rd
*11 acres, 95% contained

Power, Fresno County (more info…)
Powerhouse Rd 2 miles north of Madera County line
*130 acres, 65% contained

Coyote, Siskiyou County (more info…) NEW
Coyote Ridge, one mile west of Red Rock Lakes
*297 acres, 20% contained
*Forward spread stopped

Fork, Madera County (more info…) NEW
Road 222 x Road 200, North Fork
*400 acres, 5% contained
*Evacuation orders in effect

*Updated acreage based on incident information released after ICS-209 0700 taken from Inciweb.

*Fairview – Damage Assessment Teams assigned.

Source: CAL FIRE