Last Updated
07/26/2024 11:19 PM
Date Started
07/24/2024 2:52 PM
Location Information
Off Upper Park Road in Upper Bidwell Park, East of Chico
Latitude / Longitude
[39.7789,-121.76168]
Admin Unit
Unified Command: CAL FIRE Butte Unit, CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unit and Lassen National Forest
Incident Management Team
CAL FIRE IMT 3 & CAL FIRE IMT 4
Cause
Arson

ALERTCalifornia Camera Feed

Hamilton City 2
ALERTCalifornia | UC San Diego:
Pine Creek
ALERTCalifornia | UC San Diego:
Colby Mtn. 1
ALERTCalifornia | UC San Diego:

Resources Assigned

  • 2,484
    Personnel
  • 16
    Helicopters
  • 231
    Engines
  • 116
    Dozers
  • 58
    Water Tenders
  • 61
    Crews
  • 1
    Other Assigned

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

Status Update

Situation Summary

The Park Fire continued to burn aggressively due to steep terrain and winds.  New evacuation orders and warnings were issued. Please use the evacuation maps to know your zone.

  • In Butte County, 51,789 acres have burned.
  • In Tehama County, 187,363 acres have burned.

The fire is burning in grass, brush, mixed timber, and dead vegetation.

Damage inspection teams are working to identify structures that have been damaged or destroyed.

Incident Photos

Park Fire Photo Album

 

Evacuation Information

Evacuation Orders and Warnings

Evacuation Orders

  • DLS-66-B
  • BUT-CH-120
  • BUT-CH-149
  • BUT-CH-150
  • BUT-BM-235
  • BUT-BM-236
  • BUT-BM-237
  • BUT-INS-244
  • BUT-COH-250
  • BUT-COH-251
  • BUT-COH-252
  • BUT-COH-253
  • BUT-FR-260
  • BUT-FR-261
  • BUT-FR-262
  • BUT-FR-263
  • BUT-FR-264
  • BUT-FR-265
  • BUT-FR-266
  • BUT-FR-267
  • BUT-FR-268
  • BUT-FR-269
  • BUT-FR-270
  • BUT-FR-271
  • BUT-FR-272
  • BUT-FR-273
  • BUT-CNE-317
  • PCK-468
  • PCK-474
  • PCK-476
  • PLU-040
  • PSR-478
  • PSR-480
  • PSR-482
  • TEH-470
  • TEH-496-B
  • TEH-498-B
  • TEH-500
  • TEH-694-B
  • 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

Evacuation Warnings

  • BUT-TOP-01
  • BUT-TOP-04
  • BUT-TOP-09
  • BUT-BM-235
  • BUT-BM-236
  • BUT-BM-237
  • BUT-PHI-240
  • BUT-PHI-241
  • BUT-PHI-241-A
  • BUT-INS-244
  • BUT-INS-245
  • BUT-MA-282
  • BUT-MA-285
  • BUT-MA-286
  • BUT-STI-299
  • BUT-CNE-311
  • BUT-CNE-312
  • BUT-CNE-313
  • BUT-CNE-314
  • BUT-CNE-315
  • BUT-CNE-316
  • BUT-CNE-318
  • BUT-CSE-361
  • BUT-CSE-363
  • 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

 

Evacuation Maps

 

Road Closures

  • Route 32 at the junction with State Route 36 in Tehama County and at Bruce Road in Butte County

  • Cohasset Road at Rock Creek, Upper Park Road at Wildwood

  • Keefer & Hicks

  • Hicks & Oasis

  • Forks of the Butte Bridge

  • 32 & Yosemite (Eastbound only)

  • 99 & Meridian

  • 32 & Upper Humboldt

  • Meridian/Butte Tehama Line

  • Cohasset/Eaton

Evacuation Center

Butte County

Neighborhood Church
2801 Notre Dame Blvd
Chico, CA 95928

Tehama County

Red Cross - Los Molinos Vet's Hall
7980 Sherwood Blvd
Los Molinos, CA 96055

Evacuation Resource Center:

St. Peter's Episcopal Church
510 Jefferson St.
Red Bluff, CA 96080

Hours:

  • Saturday: 9AM to 6PM
  • Sunday: 11AM-6PM                             

 

Small Animal Shelters

Butte County

North Valley Animal Disaster Group

2279 Del Oro Ave, Oroville, CA 95965 (8AM-9PM) 

530-895-0000

Tehama County

22005 Gilmore Ranch Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080 (8AM-5PM) 

Large Animal Shelters

Butte County

Camelot Equestrian Park

1985 Clark Road, Oroville, CA 95966

Tehama County

Ridgeway Park (Self Service-provide your own set up and feed)

19725 Ridge Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080

Corning Rodeo Grounds at Estill C. Clark Park (Self Service-provide your own set up and feed)

103 E Fig Lane, Corning, CA 96021

Damages and Destruction

Confirmed Damage to Property, Injuries, and Fatalities.

  • 134
    Structures Destroyed
    Residential, Commercial and Other

Contact Information

Park Fire Information Line
211

For callers outside Butte County
(866) 916 - 3566

Media Information Line
(530) 282 - 5808

Agency Information

Butte County Sheriff's Office, Tehama County Sheriff's Office, City of Chico Fire Department, City of Chico Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Pacific Gas and Electric, Bureau of Land Management, California Department of Transportation, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Sierra Pacific Industries.

Social Media

Incident Photos

23004 Fire ignites transmission tower
23005 CAL FIRE Helicopter drops water on smoky wildfire
23006 A CAL FIRE plane drops retardant