NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Officials are planning a virtual community meeting to discuss their work to contain the Glass fire, while to the north on the August Complex’s South Zone efforts continue to strengthen lines protecting communities around Lake Pillsbury.
Dry, hot weather conditions have continued to drive the Glass fire, but firefighters kept its growth to 1,090 acres during the course of the day on Saturday, for a total of 63,450 acres by nightfall, with containment rising to 15 percent, Cal Fire said.
The fire has been burning for a week in Napa and Sonoma counties.
At 6 p.m. Sunday, Cal Fire will host a virtual community meeting to give an update on the Glass fire. The meeting will be live-streamed on the Cal Fire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit Facebook page.
Cal Fire said there are 2,773 firefighting personnel assigned to the incident, along with 408 engines, 49 water tenders, 23 helicopters, 27 hand crews, 66 dozers and nine masticators.
So far, no injuries to firefighters have been reported.
Critically low fuel moisture,very warm and dry weather conditions are contributing to very active fire behavior, Cal Fire said.
Aggressive mop up and tactical patrol continues in areas where the fire’s forward progress has stopped. Crews are working aggressively to construct and reinforce existing control lines, officials said.
Cal Fire said it is threatening 21,613 structures, down by several thousand since Saturday morning.
The fire has so far destroyed a total of 826 buildings, 561 in Napa, 265 in Sonoma. Another 163 buildings – 91 in Sonoma, 72 in Napa – have been damaged.
Sonoma County has now posted a damage assessment map.
The August Complex – burning since Aug. 17 – grew by nearly 15,000 acres since Friday, reaching 984,804 acres and 51-percent containment by Saturday evening, officials reported.
On the complex’s South Zone, which includes the Mendocino National Forest in northern Lake County, the US Forest Service said that hard work on Friday in the Lake Pillsbury region resulted in high confidence in the integrity of the containment lines built to protect property and resources.
All hose, fixtures, pumps and other fire apparatus have been pulled and reset for potential use in the northwestern corner of the August Complex. Patrol status has been achieved at Lake Pillsbury, Rice Creek and adjacent areas, officials said.
The Forest Service said Sunday will be a transitional day, with Pacific Northwest Team 2 migrating resources and strategy to the northwestern corner of the August Complex. In upcoming shifts, the team will further join forces with Cal Fire and the Alaska IMT1.
Along with that movement, task forces consisting of multiple fire engines and water tenders will continue patrolling the long containment lines from Lake Pillsbury to the west up to Eel River, and east and north to Paskenta, officials said.
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Glass fire community meeting planned; August Complex adds more acres
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