Green Fire Update for 7-20-25

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Start Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Size: 19,021acres

Cause: Lightning 

Location: Shasta County, CA.

Percent Contained: 51%

California Team 10: Joe Sean Kennedy, IC

Transition is underway on the Green Fire. California Interagency Incident Management Team 10 is integrated with California Interagency Incident Management Team 3 today.  Team 3 will assume management of the fire tomorrow. Fire operations are transitioning as well.  Contingency crews are shifting focus to suppression repair on the East and West sides of the fire. An incoming weather shift containing strong winds may test fire lines. Crews continue to add depth to containment lines in anticipation of incoming weather. Air Operations Chief Stacy Dickson put it best when reminding the troops at briefing to “keep it inside the lines.” Resources on the ground continue to be supported by aircraft and watercraft as the complexity of operations has not changed. 

Resources: Aircraft resources include 11 helicopters (6 Type 1 airships); 10 Ambulances (6 day / 4 night); 24 Bulldozers; 107 Engines; 46 Crews, 17 of which are Type I Hotshot Crews, and 7 Rapid Extraction Modules (4 day / 2 night). Eleven watercraft are now assigned to Pit River operations. A total of 1,884 individuals are assigned to the fire.

Fire Activity: Yesterday, fire activity progressed as expected within the southeastern portion of the fire to the Pit River Arm. The stretches of largely unburned interior fuels toward the eastern flank of the fire, at the Rip Gut Ridge fireline further east, and the Pit River to the south continued to be consumed. Extensive water drops (2.5 million gallons to date) and aggressive holding and suppression repair actions helped reinforce these areas, extinguish dead and downed fuels, and keep the lines intact. At the southwest end of the fire, active fire was held at the shorelines and roads southward from the Sulanharas arm to the Pit River arm of the Lake. 

Fire suppression boats and Type I helicopters continued to assist crews in strengthening lines in the southwest segment of the fire. Fire behavior was controlled at the eastern flank using Type 1 helicopters supporting crews with water drops and fortifying gains from firing operations along the Rip Gut Ridge fireline.

Fire Weather: There will be elevated fire weather conditions as a cold front approaches the fire today and will move through overnight. Winds will increase with gusts of 20-25 mph and turn more westerly during the evening, and relative humidity will be 17-25% from late afternoon into the evening. This will disrupt the typical overnight and early morning winds. Poor visibility will continue in the morning with smoke drifting south-southwest in the morning and then east-northeast in the afternoon and evening, with improving visibility on south/west parts of the fire by 1300 and possibly eastern portions after 1500. Seasonal temperatures in the 90s will shift after today to lower temps with windier conditions. Aircraft will continue to operate while making allowances for changes in visibility related to winds shifting south-southwest in the morning and then east-northeast in the afternoon and evening.

Fire Operations: Priority emphasis is on locking down the southern end of the fire. Aircraft and crews near and around Brock Mountain Rd at the west those in the north and northeast of the fire will shift focus slightly to suppression repair while bolstering containment lines. The unburned fuels between the eastern flank of the fire and the Rip Gut Ridge fireline will remain a focal area during today’s elevated weather conditions though much of the area was secured in the previous nights firing operations. Good depth (up to 100ft) was successfully added to lines at the eastern edge. Crews on all firelines will keep “eyes on” heavier and smoldering fuels and stay alert to wind driven reignition. Spot fires will prove more difficult to contain and extinguish in these conditions. Watercraft will continue to provide suppression support along the shore as firefighters further stabilize lines in the southern area of the fire.

Evacuations: As of July 12, a portion of Shasta County Zone LKH-1448 has been placed under an mandatory evacuation order. All or portions of Shasta County Zones LKH-1448, LKH-1190, LKH-1200 are under an evacuation warning. Information related to evacuation zones can be found by going to https://protect.genasys.com/search.Shasta County’s emergency alert and public warning system, AlertShasta, can be found here: https://www.shastacounty.gov/community/page/alertshasta-shasta-countys-new-public-warning-system.

Closures: Shasta National Forest closure orders related to the Green Fire may be found here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/shasta-trinity/alerts/green-fire-closure-order.

Additional fire-related information:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShastaTrinityNF/ 

InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/cashf-2025-shastatrinity-lightning 

Air quality: https://www.airnow.gov 

Additional Information at Linktree: https://linktr.ee/shffirepio