Wild Land Fire Near Lake Oroville, Butte County

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scannerboy02

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Fire started just before 3pm in the Feather Falls and Berry Creek area. One home had been destroyed and 3 others are threatened. 230+ acres. 30% contained. Origin of fire is off Craig Access road in the ridge between the south fork and middle fork of the Feather River in the foothills near Lumpkin Road. If the fire jumps the middle fork of the river it could threaten up to 50 homes. Precautionary evacuations for Cochise Rd, Crystal Ranch Rd, Black Hawk Rd and Toyon Rd. 400 firefighters on scene. Cause is under investigation.

Incident: 0901 Type: Fire Location: CRAIG ACCESS AT LUMPKIN info as of: 8/3/2008 8:34:11 PM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
8:33PM 30 WILL RECONTACT ICP--FIRE IN CANYON //ACCESS IS BLOCKED
8:24PM 30 CPYS
8:22PM THERE IS A FIRE TRK BROKEN DOWN ON THE ACCESS RD AND HARD FOR PPL TO GET BY
8:22PM THAT WERE OUR UNIT IS DOING TC AT BOTTOM OF THE GRADE
8:22PM PER STATE PARKS ADVG THAT IC TOLD SP TO TELL CHP
8:07PM AND NEG ESTIMATED TIME ON CLOSURE
8:07PM PER CDF /// NO ANTICIPATED CLOSURES IN BERRY CREEK AREA
8:04PM PER 30 CONTACT CDF AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ESTIMATED LENGTH OF CLOSURE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANTICIPATED CLOSURES IN BERRY CREEK AREA
7:24PM CHECK WITH S1 AND SEE IF GRAVES NEEDS TO EB CALLED IN EARLY
5:41PM 1039 TOM AT CO RDS
5:34PM REFERENCE DUPLICATE INCIDENT 1161D0803
5:33PM IF FIRE JUMPS MIDDLE FORK-BERRY CK MAY BE THREATENED AGAIN
5:33PM AT THIS TIME MAY BE 30 STRUCTURES THREATENED
5:33PM ICP IS ON THE CRAIG ACCESS RD
5:32PM CONCERN MIDDLE FORK MAY NOT HOLD FIRE
5:32PM EXTRA ENGINES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED CODE 3
5:32PM IN HEAVY TIMBER AND MOVING FAST--THERE IS A LOT OF SPOTTING
5:32PM 100 PLUS ACRES
5:32PM BURNING NORTHERLY
3:17PM XFRD CALLER TO FIRE
3:17PM FIRE AT END OF MATHER
3:17PM ANOTHER PARTY ADVG NEAR STRINGTOWN RD JUST OVER THE HILL
2:29PM TRANS TO CDF
2:29PM FIRE
2:29PM TO THE EAST OF THE LAKE
RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
5:52PM CHP Unit On Scene

 

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This is a viewer pic of the fire burning near Lake Oroville.
 

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