Park Fire UPDATE

The Park fire has exploded in size since it started July 24, 2024, in Butte County, in upper Bidwell Park near Chico, CA.

The fire has burned over 370,237 acres, reaching four counties Butte, Tehama, Plumas, and Shasta, with a 12% containment. It has quickly become the sixth-largest fire in California’s history, and the largest active fire in the United States.

Cooler weather, higher humidity, and the wind shift have helped firefighters get containment on the Park fire.

Ronnie Stout II the man accused of pushing a car on fire into a gully in upper Bidwell Park, has been arraigned in Butte County Courthouse on Monday, July 29.  Ronnie Stout II has two previous strikes for Child Molestation and Robbery causing great bodily injury.

4,876 personnel, 33 Helicopters, 434 engines, 166 dozers, 116 water tenders, and 98 crews since the last update per the CAL-FIRE website.

Evacuation orders:

• DLS-66-B, BUT-CNE-317, BUT-CNE-318A, BUT-COH-250, BUT-COH-251, BUT-COH-252, BUT-COH-253, BUT-CNE-312A, BUT-FR-260, BUT-FR-262, BUT-FR-265, BUT-FR-266, BUT-FR-268, BUT-FR-269, BUT-FR-271, BUT-FR-261, BUT-FR-272, BUT-BM-237, BUT-FR-270, BUT-FR-267, BUT-FR-264, BUT-BM-236, BUT-INS-244, BUT-PHI -241A, BUT-PHI-240, BUT-BM-235, BUT-INS-244, BUT-FR-263, BUT-FR-273, BUT-CH-120, TEH-466-C, PCK-468, PCK-474, PCK-476, PSR-478, PSR-480, PSR-482, TEH-470, TEH-496-B, TEH-496-C, TEH-498-B, TEH-498-C, TEH-500, TEH-694-B, TEH-694-C, TEH-696-A, TEH-696-B, TEH-720-B, TEH-726, TEH-728, TEH-732, TEH-734, TEH-736, TEH-852, TEH-854, TEH-856, TEH-858, TEH-882, TEH-882-A, TEH-882-B, COT-8990-A, MAN-5000, MAN-5010, MAN-5020, MAN-5030, MAN-5040, MAN-5050, MAN-5060, MIL-5280, SHI-5070-A, SHI-5070-B, SHI-5120-A, SHI-5140, SHI-5150, SHI-5170, SHI-5180, SHI-5190-B, SHI-5210, SHI-5220, SHI-5230, SHI-5240-A, SHI-5250, SHI-5260, SHI-5270, SHI-5330-A, SHI-5340-A, SHI-5350-A

Evacuation warnings:

• BUT-CNE-314, BUT-CNE-315, BUT-CNE-316, BUT-MA-286, BUT-CSE-361, BUT-SE-363, BUT-MA-282, BUT-MA-281, BUT-MA-283, BUT-MA-318, BUT-CNE-312, BUT-PHI-241, BUT-INS-245, BUT-CNE-311, BUT-CNE-313, BUT-MA-291, BUT-MA-288, BUT-MA-292, BUT-MA-289, BUT-MA-290, BUT-MA-287, BUT-MA-284, BUT-MA-285, BUT-ST-299, BUT-INS-246, BUT-CNE-317A, BUT-CNE-317, BUT-INS-245, BUT-CH-149, BUT-CH-150A, BUT-TOP-01, BUT-TOP-02, BUT-TOP-03, BUT-TOP-04, BUT-TOP-05, BUT-TOP-06, BUT-TOP-07, BUT-TOP-08, BUT-TOP-09, BUT-TOP-10, BUT-TOP-11, BUT-TOP-12, BUT-TOP-13, BUT-TOP-14, DLS-444, DLS-446, DLS-462, MAN-410, MAN-412, MAN-414, MAN-416, MAN-418, MAN-420, MAN-422, MAN-424, MAN-426, MAN-428, MAN-5000, MAN-5010, MAN-5020, MAN-5030, MAN-5040, MAN-5050, MAN-5060, SHI-5070-A, TEH-448, TEH-408, TEH-694, TEH-694-A, TEH-730, TEH-840, TEH-850-A, COT-8970, COT-8990-B, MIL-5290, MIL-5300, MIL-8960, OLD-5090, SHI-5080, SHI-5110, SHI-5130, SHI-5200-A, SHI-5310, SHI-5320, SHI-5335, SHI-5350-B, SHI-5370, SHI-5390, SHI-5400, SHI-5410, SHI-5420, SHI-5430, SHI-5440, SHI-5450, SHI-5460, SHI-5470, SHI-5480, SHI-5490, SHI-5500, SHI-5510, SHI-5520, SHI-5530, SHI-5540, PLU-040

Road Closures are as follows:

• Rock Creek Road/Cohasset
• Traffic control point at Gypsum Street/Skyway
• Traffic control point Highway 32/Bruce Road
• Doe Mill Road at the Butte Creek Bridge near the Forks of Butte Campground
• 32/Yosemite
• Skyway/Humboldt
• Access to Upper Park at Wildwood
• Highway 36 East at Manton Road to Highway 32
• Highway 32 from Highway 36 to Bruce Road in Chico
• Keefer/Hicks
• Hicks/Oasis
• Forks of the Butte Bridge
• 99/Meridian
• Meridian/Butte Tehama Line
• Cohasset/Eaton

Evacuation centers are

Butte County: Neighborhood Church 2801 Norte Dame Blvd, Chico, CA

Tehama County: Red Cross-Los Molinos Vet’s Hall 7980 Sherwood Blvd, Los Molinos, CA

Evacuation Resource Center

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 510 Jefferson St. Red Bluff, CA

Over 100 structures have been damaged or destroyed.

Governor Gavin Newsom has toured the area and declared a State of Emergency for the affected area, Butte, Tehama, and Plumas counties.