Green Fire Update, 7-28-2025

Start Date: Monday, July 28, 2025

Size: 19,022 acres

Cause: Lightning

Location: Shasta County, CA

Percent Contained: 82%

California Team 3: Josh Boehm, IC 

Firefighters continue to make great progress with reinforcing control lines along the entire perimeter of the fire. Surplus equipment has been removed from Rip Gut Ridge and Brock Mountain Road. Boats are ferrying crews out to the fire lines along the Sulanharas Creek and Pit River Arm.

As objectives are met, equipment and fire personnel are being released and available for other fires. Nighttime operations have been completed, however, a night flying helicopter is available to the fire. 

In order to reduce travel time for fire crews, the Incident Command Post has moved from Montgomery Creek to Shasta Lake. A small contingent remains at Montgomery Creek. Please be aware of increased fire traffic in the Shasta Lake area.

The Mountain Gate Helicopter Base is still active and supports the Green Fire as well as other fires in the area.  A Temporary Flight Restriction remains in place. Pilots flying in and out of the Redding airport should remain vigilant to the helicopters supporting fires.

Suppression repair is well underway. Data is collected on how many miles have been disturbed by fire suppression, and how many have been repaired. For example, of the 51 miles of dozer line put in for the fire, 19 miles have been repaired and inspected, while another 19 miles are in of need repair. The remainder are in process of being repaired, still in use, or don’t need repair. The process is coordinated with natural resource advisors.

Fire Resources: 612 personnel

Fire Activity: Smoke may be visible during the day, but the remaining fire activity is confined to smoldering or low intensity burning well within the interior of the fire perimeter. 

Fire Weather: There will be a warming and drying trend over the next two days, with a 20% chance of thunderstorms tonight. Wednesday through Friday will have a greater chance of thunderstorms with a concern for more lightning strikes.

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