Incident Update SKU Late August Lightning Complex
- Date:
- 08/26/2025
- Time:
- 12:43 PM
Incident Facts
- Name
- SKU Late August Lightning Complex
- Start Date/Time
- 2025-08-25
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- SKU Unit Headquarters
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Under Investigation
- Counties
- Siskiyou
- Administration Unit
- CAL FIRE Siskiyou Unit
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 111
- Containment
- 50%
- Structures Threatened
- Structures Destroyed
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
The CAL FIRE Siskiyou Unit has contained and controlled 20 fires within State responsibility area in the last 48 hours, as well as assisting both the SHF and KNF with numerus others. Siskiyou County received 740 lightning strikes yesterday 8/25. 65 of those strikes were within State Direct Protection Area. (DPA). A total of 3 new fires started yesterday within CALFIRE’s DPA as of 0900 this morning:
Battalion 1 Scott Valley- 0 New Fires
*Walla Walla – Determined to be in federal DPA. Assisted as needed
*Bear- 9 acres Contained, Patrol Status
Battalion 2 Shasta Valley: 0 New Fire
* Long- .01 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Louie- .01 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Upland- 3.2 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Cottonwood- .01 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* York- 85 acres, 95 % Contained, Fire Suppression Repair, Patrol Status
* Ball- .01 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Owen - .01 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Beswick- .01 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Antelope- .5 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Creek- .14 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Rock- .01 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Short- .2 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Moore- .01 acres Contained. Patrol Status
* Borrow- 2.98 acres Contained, Patrol Status
* Davis- .05 acres Contained, Patrol Status.
Battalion 3 Weed Macdoel: 2 New Fires
* Slough- 5 acres Contained. 2 Engines and 1 Water Tender for mop up
* Mussolini- .05 acres, 1 Engine for mop up.
* Juniper- .33 acres Contained, Patrol status.
Battalion 4 McCloud Pondosa: 1 Fire
* Timber- ¼ acre Contained. Patrol Status
Today, resources will continue to check and improve the containment and control of all fires, as well as being prepared for new fires. Both a recon and infrared flights will continue to assess the area for any additional new fires. Today Tuesday, additional thunderstorms are predicted throughout the county. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for abundant lightning on dry fuels in Siskiyou County.
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 20
- Water Tenders
- 4
- Helicopters
- 2
- Dozers
- 4
- Hand Crews
- 6
- Other
- 10
- Total Personnel
- 167