Carr Fire is 100 percent contained after 39 days and 8 deaths

[DonViejo]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle



Steve Rubenstein Aug. 30, 2018 Updated: Aug. 30, 2018 8:47 p.m.

After taking eight lives, destroying 1,079 homes and ravaging 229,651 acres of Shasta and Trinity counties, the monstrous Carr wildfire was declared contained on Thursday night.

Cal Fire said the fire, which broke out July 23 near Highway 299 in the Whiskeytown area of Shasta County and unleashed the biggest fire tornado recorded, was contained at 7:32 p.m.

“Although full containment has been achieved, firefighters will continue to patrol the fire area for several days and fire suppression repair remains ongoing,” a Cal Fire spokesman said. “We have hand lines all around it and the threat is completely out.”

On the final day, 456 firefighters were still doing battle, employing four dozen bulldozers.



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[mountain grammy]

1. Monster fire and it won't be the last..

My thanks to all firefighters.. They sure aren't in it for the money.

[ffr]

2. Sparked by a flat tire, of all things. n/t

[Hortensis]

3. Well, thank goodness. Those crews will be needed elsewhere

no doubt. Wildfire danger could actually worsen overall in the far west as heat and lack of rain continue in September. That northward bulge in the jet stream.