Green Fire Update, 7-27-2025

Start Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Size: 19,022 acres

Cause: Lightning

Location: Shasta County, CA

Percent Contained: 79%

California Team 3: Josh Boehm, IC

Firefighters took advantage of the recent moisture and moderated temperatures to identify and address hot spots within the interior of the fire perimeter. They continue to remove equipment no longer needed along the fire line, utilizing helicopters along Rip Gut Ridge (eastern edge). The team assessed the area along Brock Mountain Road (western edge) for the start of the suppression repair process. Boats are ferrying crews out to the fire lines along the Sunaharas Creek and Pit River Arm (southern edge), which has allowed crews to complete equipment removal in those areas.

The Green Fire area did not have any new fire starts due to recent lightning, despite there being 18,833 lightning strikes in the surrounding area in a 24-hour period. Some of those strikes have started 13 new fires within an area approximately 15 miles from the Green Fire. These new fires are being actively suppressed by cooperating firefighting agencies.

The Mountain Gate Helicopter Base remains active and supports the Green Fire and new starts from yesterday’s storm.  A Temporary Flight Restriction remains in place. Pilots flying in and out of the Redding airport should remain vigilant to the helicopters supporting fires.

Fire Resources: 690 personnel                                                                                              

Fire Activity: Heat within the Green Fire is diminishing.  The containment lines have been “wind tested,” meaning they experienced high winds and contained any fire spread. All containment lines are holding the fire within its current perimeter.

Fire Weather: The chance of thunderstorms within the fire area is 20% for Sunday, and will drop to 5% Monday and Tuesday. There will be a gradual warming and drying trend Sunday through Tuesday, with the next predicated thunderstorm events to be Wednesday through Thursday.

Evacuations: On Wednesday, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office reduced the Evacuation Order for zone LKH-1448-A to an Evacuation Warning. A link to the notification can be found on the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office (www.facebook.com/shastasheriff). The Evacuation Warnings for zones LKH-1448-B, LKH-1190 and LKH-1200 remain in place due to a potential threat to life and/or property. Information related to evacuation zones can be found by going to https://protect.genasys.com/search. 

 Access Pass for the Green Fire

Access to property owners in the Green Fire Area Closure will be permitted under the following conditions:

• Proof of ownership (valid ID with address, ownership documents, etc.) or
• Check in at the Green Fire Incident Base, 3rd St. & Shasta Dam Blvd. Shasta Lake, CA 96019, to obtain an “Access Pass”. For more information, contact the Green Fire Liaison office at 2025.green.liaison@firenet.gov.

Access to the closed area is monitored and the Access Pass can be rescinded due to fire activities at the discretion of the Green Fire Incident Commander.

To sign up for Shasta County’s emergency alert and public warning system, please visit AlertShasta, https://www.shastacounty.gov/community/page/alertshasta-shasta-countys-new-public-warning-system.

Closures: Shasta-Trinity National Forest closure order for the Green Fire can be found at 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