I compiled the following information on wildfires burning in northern California from the California Statewide Fire Summary (CAL FIRE PIO twitter) for Monday, October 16, 2017. As I transcribed the data from the CAL FIRE PIO's twitter post, any errors in the figures are mine.
Central LNU Complex, In unified command with Santa Rosa Fire Department and Sonoma County Sheriff, CAL FIRE Incident Management Team assigned. 23 civilian fatalities
- Tubs Fire (Sonoma and Napa Counties) 36,390 acres, 70% contained, significant number of structures destroyed
- Pocket Fire (Sonoma County) 11,889 acres, 40% contained
- Nuns Fire (Sonoma County) 48,624 acres, 50% contained
- Oakmont Fire (Sonoma County) 875 acres, 15% contained
Southern LNU Complex, CAL FIRE Incident Management Team assigned
- Atlas Fire (Napa and Solano Counties) 51,064 acres, 60% contained, 6 civilian fatalities, significant number of structures destroyed
Mendocino-Lake Complex, CAL FIRE Incident Management Team assigned
- Redwood Valley (Mendocino County) 35,000 acres, 50% contained, 8 civilian fatalities, significant number of structures destroyed
- Sulphur Fire (Lake County) 2,207 acres, 85% contained
Wind Complex, CAL FIRE Incident Management Team assigned
- Cascade Fire (Yuba County) 9,989 acres, 96% contained, 4 civilian casualties, significant number of structures destroyed
- Lobo Fire (Nevada County) 821 acres, 97% contained, multiple structures destroyed
- LaPorte Fire (Butte County) 6,151 acres, 95% contained
For current information from CAL FIRE on wildfires burning in California, see the CAL FIRE PIO twitter account.
Bill Gabbert of Wildfire Today continues to report on the wildfires currently burning in California. You will want to see his two recent updates on the northern California wildfires written on Saturday, October 14th and Monday, October 16th.
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