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It’s Finally Over: Fire Officials Issue Last Sheep Fire Update

It’s finally over – fire officials have issued the final update on the Sheep Fire, which began August 17th and destroyed 9 residences along Diamond Mountain south of Susanville.

As of this morning’s final update the fire is 90% contained and mapped at 29,570 acres.

On Wednesday, command of the Sheep Fire will be transferred back to the local CALFIRE unit and to the North Complex.

According to officials the Sheep Fire stayed well within current containment lines overnight despite being tested by high winds.

Crews will remain vigilant; looking for hot spots and flareups today and extinguishing those as they find them. They are also continuing fire suppression efforts on constructed containment lines.

A Red Flag Warning remains in effect today. Winds are expected to stay high through the day, possibly gusting as high as 40 mph along ridgetops. Relative humidity along ridges will also be extremely low, although recovery may be better at lower elevations due to lower temperatures and a heavy smoke inversion.

Closures/Evacuation: There is a CLOSURE ORDER in place for areas of the Plumas and Lassen National Forests in the Sheep Fire and North Complex areas to protect public and firefighter safety.

All areas, roads, campgrounds, and trails within the closure area are closed. Forest Service Road 29N03, Roxie Peconom and Goumaz campgrounds are closed.

For further information on closures, including Forest Closures in relation to the Sheep Fire, go to: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/lassen/alerts-notices

The dirt portion of Gold Run Road remains closed and the dirt portion of Wingfield Road is open to residents only.

Jeremy Couso
Jeremy Couso
SusanvilleStuff.com Publisher/Editor
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