Incident Update Monument Fire

Situation Summary

Current Situation:
The fire north of Junction City to Cedar Gulch has held within the fire line and crews continue reinforcing containment line, mop-up and patrol. Fire activity increased
west of Hayfork, north of Hyampom Road, this afternoon in the same area where firefighters have been challenged daily by spot fires, steep terrain and low visibility.
A road closure has been placed at Nine-mile bridge, east to State Route 3 at Hyampom Road. Resources continue to build indirect dozer line north of Hyampom Road in the Fox Lane area. Contingency line construction from the Rusch Creek drainage, south towards Tule Creek Road is ongoing.

CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 5 is meeting daily with Trinity County Sherriff’s office, CHP, California Interagency Incident Management Team 5, assisting agencies, and stakeholders to evaluate the existing evacuation warnings and orders. The goal is to safely repopulate these communities in collaboration as soon as possible.

Northern California has experienced large fire activity and will likely experience an extended fire season. Fires burning in northern California are exhibiting extreme fire growth based on critical fuel conditions. The prioritization of resources is always based on life, property, and natural resources. Under these drought conditions, wildfires are burning rapidly with extreme severity and have traveled up to 8 miles in a single day. Fire spread is fuel driven and does not depend on wind speed, as we have seen in previous years. Firefighters are experiencing conditions never seen before, such as increased rates of spread, spotting and active nighttime burning. We coordinate very closely with the US Forest Service and CalOES for our local and out of state partners, to ensure resources are shared.

Community Meetings:
A virtual community meeting will be held at 6:00 P.M. tomorrow, September 1st.
The meeting will be live streamed on the CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit Facebook
page, CAL FIRE IMT 5’s YouTube channel and Shasta Trinity National Forest
Facebook page.

Trinity County Evacuation Orders, Evacuation Warnings, & Road Closures

For the latest evacuation information and road closures in Trinity County visit:
https://www.facebook.com/Trinity-County-Sheriffs-Office-1635934306689276

Road Closures:
Nine-mile bridge east to State Route 3 at Hyampom Road. For the most up to date road closure information from Cal Trans, go to https://roads.dot.ca.gov/ 

Sign up for Trinity County Code Red Alerts:
https://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/en-US/BF42F95647FB

Evacuation Centers:

• Fireman’s Hall Pavilion (Humboldt County)
  9 Park Street
  Fortuna, CA 95540
  
  
• Willow Creek Bible Church (Humboldt County)
  39 Barannan Mountain Road
  Willow Creek, CA 95573

Animal Evacuation Centers:

• For assistance with large and small animal evacuations call: (530) 623-8126

Property Damage Assessment: 

For questions and information regarding the status of your property, call Trinity County Office of Emergency Services (OES) at (530) 623-1116.

Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.

Engines

165

Water Tenders

67

Helicopters

20

Dozers

56

Hand Crews

36

Other

37

Total Personnel

2365

Cooperating Agencies