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River Complex Fire Update

Resources: 935 Personnel; 19 Hand Crews; 9 Helicopters; 65 Engines, 18 Dozers; 25 Water Tenders; 11 Masticators; 10 Skid Steers.

Fire Statistics: Total complex 185,624 acres, 21% containment. Haypress/ Summer 179,684 acres. Cronan 5,940 acres. Of the 32 original fires comprising the River Complex, only the Haypress and Summer Fires remain active. The Cronan Fire has remained in its present footprint.

Property Damage Assessment:  94 structures: 30 residential, 39 out buildings, 24 commercial, one cabin. For questions or information regarding the status of your property, call Trinity County Office of Emergency Services (OES) at (530)-623-8223.

Highlights: Management of the River Complex is now under the direction of California Interagency Incident Management Team 2; Nickie Jonny, Incident Commander. The team is working in conjunction with CalFire, the California Office of Emergency Services, and multiple cooperating agencies. Firefighters were able to gain ground on the River Complex, due to increased moisture from the rain, which fell Thursday evening. However, vegetation is starting to become more dry and fire activity will increase.

Fire Activity: Due to steep terrain, crews are utilizing natural rock formations, existing road networks, and burn scars from previous fires to contain the fire’s progression. In the northeastern area of the Haypress Fire, dozers and hand crews are working to contain spot fires which occurred near Craggy Peak. The decreased fire activity has allowed crews to begin scouting new contingency lines south of the community of Callahan. Helicopters are conducting air water drops to contain spotfires near Callahan as visibility permits. In the southeastern fire perimeter, crews are conducting direct fire suppression operations north and south of Coffee Creek.

Evacuations: Evacuation orders and warnings have been issued for Siskiyou and Trinity Counties.

 For specific information regarding evacuations please visit: https://www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/emergencyservices or https:///www.trinitycounty.org/OES.

Road Closures: Coffee Creek Road west of Highway 3. Cecilville Road west from Callahan, which includes Cecilville to Plumber Creek north and west of the Siskiyou-Trinity county line. Sawyers Bar Road from Highway 93 to Yellowjacket Road. Please be aware of fire traffic. Get live road info at: http://ca511.dot.ca.gov/.