Incident Update Shoe Fire
- Date:
- 10/17/2024
- Time:
- 8:31 AM
Incident Facts
- Name
- Shoe Fire
- Start Date/Time
- 2024-10-09
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Fenders Ferry Road near Madrone Campground, Southwest of Big Bend
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Human
- Counties
- Shasta
- Administration Unit
- Shasta Trinity National Forest
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 2,998
- Containment
- 7%
- Structures Threatened
- 10
- Structures Destroyed
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- 1
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
Fire is burning in an area with no recent fire history. Mature, dense timber mixed with brush characterizes the fire area. Critically dry fuels for this time of year are contributing to fire spread.
Moderate Fire Behavior with flanking and backing. Some precipitation from thunderstorms and higher humidities slowed fire growth but did not put the fire out. Heat and fire activity was observed on all divisions, but it was substantially reduced from previous days, with no large runs. Multiple lightninging strikes posed the risk of new starts, with at least one new start in the general area.
Red Flag Warning in effect from 11:00am Thursday to 5:00pm Saturday. The passage of an inside slider type upper-level trough will bring strong and very dry N-NW to NE offshore winds to the fire area Thursday through Saturday. Spotty light rain beginning around 3:00pm and continuing into the morning brought minimal precipitation amounts of a few hundredths of an inch to the fire area and kept temps cool & RHs high through the day. Max temp of 64 degrees F and Min RH of 62% as of 5:30pm around 2500 ft with peak gusts of 13-17 mph along ridges at nearby stations.
A band of showers and thunderstorms crossed the fire area in the early afternoon with additional rainfall amounts averaging around 0.10 but with significant variability and some areas receiving brief locally heavy down pours and some areas getting less.
For the latest on this fire visit: Cashf Shoe Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov)
Evacuation Zones
Evacuation Information:
Road Closures
Hard Closures
- Fenders Ferry Road at Pit River 7 Bridge: West-Bound Fenders Ferry Road (Also known as 34N17 - Forest Service Road 27) at the Pit River Bridge/Pit 7
- Ferry Road is closed at McCloud Bridge: East-Bound Fenders Ferry Road at the McCloud River Bridge
Evacuation Orders
There is an evacuation order for the following zones:
- LKH-1448-B
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 17
- Water Tenders
- 3
- Dozers
- 7
- Hand Crews
- 8
- Other
- 6
- Total Personnel
- 485