Incident Update Shoe Fire
- Date:
- 10/31/2024
- Time:
- 9:03 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
- 5,124
- Containment
- 65%
- Structures Threatened
- 10
- Structures Destroyed
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- 1
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
As of 10/25/22 at 7:00 AM, Northwest Team 12 has taken command of the Shoe Fire.
UPDATE 10/31/24:
Firefighters have completed all fire suppression repair work on several divisions of the fire and these repairs on both hand lines and dozer lines await inspection by Resource Advisors. Chipping has been completed along Forest Service Road 38N07 on the east side of the fire. Excavators continued installing water bars on contingency lines near the East Fork of Sulanharas Creek. In areas too steep for heavy equipment to operate, hand crews hiked in to complete repairs on control lines. On the south end of the fire, indirect control lines were also repaired.
The road grader has been making excellent progress repairing impacts from heavy equipment along Fenders Ferry Road. Contingency dozer line has been repaired and mastication work is nearing completion. Heavy equipment and fire crews continue to repair control line northward up Curl Ridge on the west side of the fire. The forecasted weather event today bringing significant rainfall is expected to impact operations across all divisions of the fire. Fire suppression repairs will continue where operations are safe and feasible, given the weather conditions. Dozer line on the south side of the fire that served as an extra wide fuel break will take a few days to repair. Some fire resources have timed out in their two-week assignments and returned home, and additional resources will be released in the coming days as work continues to wrap up.
A temporary Forest closure is in effect https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/stnf/alerts-notices/?cid=stelprdb5392380
For the latest on this fire visit: Cashf Shoe Fire Information | InciWeb (wildfire.gov)
Road 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
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Total Personnel
- 599