09/03/2025
Fire đ„
Fire Concow Rd at Lynch Rd, Oroville Butte County, CA
Air attack is overhead reporting a 1/2 acre fire burning at a moderate to dangerous rate of spread. A full wildland response has been recommended per radio traffic. The fire is visible on the Flea Mountain 2 camera
09.02.25 @ 6:33pm
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@ 6:29pm
The Evacuation Warning has been Lifted for Zone: BUT-CON-501A - per the Butte County Evacuation Map
@ 12:12pm
Per CalFire
The fire is now 20% contained and is holding at 11.6 acres. There is a steady wind in the fire area, and day shift resources are engaged in constructing direct control lines. Aircraft are over the incident performing reconnaissance, dropping retardant, and water. It is not threatening any communities.
@ 8:42am
Air Attack is now at scene and has requested 1 type 1 air tanker and 2 type 3 air tankers.
Current view of the fire from the Flea Mtn camera.
@ 3:40am
Crews are making good progress, they have line around approximately 50% of the fire & it is holding at 11.6 acres, per Incident Command.
@ 3:39am
All night-flying copters are now off the fire & are returning to base, per radio traffic. An updated view of the fire can be seen above from the Flea Mtn 1 camera.
@ 12:58am
The fire has been mapped at 11.6 acres by FIRIS OES Intel 12. Their perimeter is visible on the Watch Duty map under the Active Fire Perimeters map layer.
Note: Fire perimeters are preliminary and indicate general burn area but do not reflect structure protection efforts by firefighters. A structure within a fire perimeter may not be damaged or destroyed.
@ 12:14am
Per CAL FIRE/Butte County on Facebook.
"The fire is 20-25 acres and zero percent contained. We currently have two chief officers, seven fire engines, four handcrews, four dozers, and two water tenders at scene along with 3 night flying/water dropping helicopters. More resources are en route to support the operation for day shift tomorrow. We will post an update in the morning after our 7:30 A.M. briefing."
@ 12:05am
Per CAL FIRE/Butte County on X
Midnight update : The , burning above Concow, adjacent to Rag Dump, is 20-25 acres and zero percent contained. We currently have two chief officers, seven fire engines, four handcrews, four dozers, and two water tenders at the scene along with 3 night flying copters.
@ 11:16pm
An evacuation warning has been issued for BUT-CON-501A per the Butte County Evacuation map. Zones are visible on the Watch Duty map
@ 10:37pm
An evacuation warning has been requested for Ragdump per incident command.
@ 10:04pm
The fire is now 10 acres, the wind has been picked up, 3 night flying helicopters have been requested, and the incident has potential for significant growth per incident command.
@ 9:07pm
The fire is 2-3 acres with slow to no rate of spread. There is possibly one spot fire below the main fire, and units are starting to get down canyon winds in the area. Per incident command. A current view of the fire can be seen on the Flea Mountain 2 camera above.
@ 8:48pm
Ground units are still attempting to make access to the fire per radio traffic.
@ 7:59pm
All aircraft have been released from the fire for the night per radio traffic. A current view of the fire can be seen on the Flea Mountain 2 camera
Camera View:
https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?pos=39.7695_-121.4827_9&id=Axis-FleaMtn1
Source: Watch Duty, Cal Fire, and other
