Over 13,800 firefighters are on the front lines of 12 large wildfires across California. 

According to Cal Fire, these fires have burned over 688,000 acres and damaged or destroyed over 2,000 structures. 

A Red Flag Warning remains in effect in many parts of Northern California, including portions of the Carr Fire, Mendocino Complex, and Hat Fire, through Saturday evening.

Fires of Interest: 

Hat Fire, Shasta County 
• NE of Burney
• 1,900 acres, 25% contained
• Road closures and evacuations in effect
 
Carr Fire, Shasta County 
Whiskeytown & Redding
•  186,416 acres, 55% contained
•  Evacuations and road closures in place
•  65 residents evacuated
• 1,077 residences destroyed, 191 residences damaged
•  CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1 (Gouvea) in unified command withUSFS (Pechota)
 
Mendocino Complex, Mendocino/Lake County
• 325,226 total acres, 67% contained
• 119 residences destroyed, 12 residences damaged
• 2,000 residents under evacuation orders
• The Mendocino Complex fire is the largest wildfire in state history
• CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 2 (Kavanaugh) in unified command with NORCAL IMT-1 (McGowan)
 
River Fire 
Hopland
• 48,920 acres, 92% contained
 
Ranch Fire
Ukiah
• 276,306 acres, 58% contained
• Evacuations and road closures in place
 
Holy Fire, Orange County
Holy Jim Canyon, Cleveland National Forest
•  21,473 acres, 29% contained
•  Evacuations in place
•  Hwy 74 closed in both directions
•  CA Fed IMT-SoCal 1 (Fogle) in unified command CAL FIRE, USFS, Riverside County Fire and Orange County Fire Authority
 
Nelson Fire, Solano County
Vacaville
•  1,000 acres, 65% contained
•  Forward progress stopped
 
Hirz Fire, Shasta County 
East of Lakehead
• 1,423 acres, 5% contained
• NorCal Team 1 (Coots) assuming command today
 
Murphy Fire, Plumas County
Belden
• 117 acres, 90% contained
 
Ferguson Fire, Mariposa County
Yosemite National Park
• 95,544 acres, 82% contained
• Evacuations and road closures remain in effect
• CA Fed IMT-3 (von Tillow) in command
 
Donnell Fire, Tuolumne County
Near Hwy 108, Donnell Lake area
•  23,824 acres, 5% contained 
  
Valley Fire, San Bernardino County 
Yucaipa
•  1,350 acres, 56% contained
 
Natchez Fire, Del Norte County 
Southeast of Cave Junction, OR
•  12,449 acres, 52% contained
 
Cranston Fire, Riverside County 
Hemet
•  13,139 acres, 100% contained
 
Georges Fire, Inyo County 
Lone Pine
•  2,883 acres

To learn more about wildfire preparedness, visit www.readyforwildfire.org. 

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