Reading Fire Update for August 9, 2012 Am
Incident: Reading Wildfire
Released: 8/9/2012
CORRECTION!! The Community Meeting will be held tonight at the Old Station Fire Hall on Highway 89 at 7:00 pm and NOT at the Hat Creek Fire Department as earlier released. Fire Officials will be at the meeting to discuss the current fire situation.
Reading Fire Update
Location: 14 miles south of Old Station, CA.
Command: Northern California Interagency Incident Management Team 1 (Whitcome)
Start Date & Report Time: July 23, 2012 at 5:09 PM Cause: Lightning
Acres: 3700 Percent Containment: 5%
Estimated Containment: August 11, 2012
Resources: Hand Crews: 20
Engines: 14
Helicopters: 4
Injuries: 1
Structures Damaged: 0
Estimated Cost-to-Date: $500,000
Total personnel assigned to the incident: 492
Current Situation: On July 23, thunderstorms produced numerous lightning strikes within Lassen Volcanic National Park. One of the strikes ignited a fire approximately one mile northeast of Paradise Meadow between the Terrace Lake and Paradise Meadows Trails. The fire continues to spread to the north and east and has crossed onto Lassen National Forest at Badger Mountain. NorCal 1 Incident Management Team took command of this fire as of August 7 at 6pm. The fire is actively burning and causing spot fires which are challenging the firefighters. The spot fires near Badger Mountain were aggressively attacked yesterday with air tankers. Firefighters will continue direct and indirect handline construction.
Closures - Lassen Volcanic National Park: Highway 89 through the Park is closed at Crags Campground to Summit Lake. Other closures within the park include:
- Paradise Meadow Trail
- Terrace, Cliff and Shadow Lakes Trail
- Hat Lake In-holder Road from Hat Lake to northern park boundary
- Twin and Cluster Lakes Loop Trail
- Nobles Emigrant Trail from Painted Dunes to the northern park boundary
- Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from Lower Twin Lake to northern park boundary
Northbound PCT hikers will need to detour at Lower Twin Lake and follow the trail past Rainbow Lake to continue onto Butte Lake. From there hikers will access state highway 44W to Old Station where they can continue northbound on the PCT.
Closures - Lassen National Forest:
Lassen National Forest is developing closure orders for roads and trails in the immediate vicinity of the fire.
Additional Information: Please contact the park at 530/595-6102, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the park website at www.nps.gov/lavo, on Twitter@LassenNPS, and on Facebook or at http://www.inciweb.org/
