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USDA Forest Service Beckwourth Complex Fire Information: 530-330-5650 Pacific Southwest Region Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USFSPlumas Plumas National Forest InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7601/ 159 Lawrence Street Email: [email protected] Quincy, CA 95971 (530) 283-2050 http://www.fs.usda.gov/plumas

Beckwourth Complex Update: July 18, 2021

Percent Total Overall Beckwourth Complex Acres Total Personnel Containment Acreage containment Dotta 594 99% 105,348 73% 2,044 Sugar 104,754 73% Resources: 46 crews, 137 engines, 9 helicopters, 35 dozers, 60 water tenders, 6 masticators

Community Meeting: A virtual community meeting will be held tonight at 7 p.m., via Facebook Live, on the Plumas National Forest’s Facebook page. You can submit your questions beforehand to the incident email address (above) or on the Facebook meeting event page. Current Situation: At 6 a.m. today, Interagency Incident Management Team 5, under the leadership of Incident Commander Rick Young, assumed command of the Beckwourth Complex. The Sugar Fire within the Beckwourth Complex is remaining within its present parameter of over 60 miles of containment lines. Firefighters continue to secure and patrol the fire area from Highway 395, northeast from Doyle to Bird Hill and south to Meadow View. Crews are monitoring smoldering, smoking pockets of vegetation within the fire’s perimeter. A red-flag warning is in effect from midnight tonight through 8 p.m. on Monday.

Containment lines from the Dixie Mountain ridge system, south to Ramelli Creek and from Maddalena, east to the Scott Road, north to Constantia and the community of Doyle are still holding. Firefighters will continue monitoring these areas.

Evacuations: Check your county’s web and social media pages for current evacuation information. • Plumas County: https://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/en-US/6EB9E0DB3133 • Lassen County: https://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/en-US/B69B31DD99B6?isMobile=false

Road and Forest Closures: Highway 395 is open; however, other roads in the fire area are closed. View the A Plumas National Forest Closure Order (https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/closures/7601/) for detailed information. Monitor Caltrans's District 2 website or feed for current highway closure information.

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