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Yeti and Alex Fires

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Unit Information

Klamath National Forest 
1711 S. Main St 
Yreka, 
California 
96097 
Klamath National Forest 
1711 S. Main St 
Yreka, 
California 
96097 

Incident Contacts

  • Klamath National Forest
    Phone:
    530-842-6131
    Hours:
    Mon-Fri, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Yeti and Alex Fires AM Update August 5, 2022

Yeti and Alex Fires
Publication Type: News -

 
Incident Start:
Yeti, 7/29/2022
Alex, 7/31/2022


Incident location: Klamath National Forest, California 

 Cause: Lightning    

Acres:
Yeti, 6, 436
Alex, 151
 
Percent contained:
Yeti, 0%
Alex, 20% 

 Total Personnel (both fires): 802
Crews, 22
Engines, 64
Dozers, 14
Water tenders, 17
Helicopters, 7
 
Summary:

There will be a public meeting on Saturday, August 6, 7 p.m. at the Happy Camp High School.

 Yeti: Fire behavior moderated overnight with cooler temperatures and little wind. While there is still a considerable area of the fire without completed containment lines, crews worked successfully on the fire’s edge to hold it where they have been completed, including along the China Grade Road on the fire’s southwest corner. The fire had crossed over that intended containment line on Wednesday, but crews have been able to get dozers around that slopover and still consider that line viable. That containment is shaky, however, and secondary lines are being constructed on the Wolf Creek Ridge, south of the fire’s active edge. To the east, crews have been able to pull fire all the way to their containment lines west of the Pacific Crest Trail and Grider Creek Road. They will continue to improve and mop up that line today. The fire was active along the Highway 96/ Klamath River corridor overnight as it backed down to the river. Engines monitored for spots and held the fire successfully there.

Alex: Crews on the Alex Fire continue to mop up containment lines directly along the fire’s edge. It has not grown for the last 48 hours.

Weather: Today will be another critical day, as the weather continues to be hot and dry. Thunderstorms impacted areas to the south of us, and the Yeti Fire may be influenced by outflow winds this morning. There is just enough instability and moisture in the atmosphere that a thunderstorm can’t be ruled out, but most convective activity should remain east of the fire area.

Evacuations and closures:
Evacuations are in effect in the fire area. For information on evacuations, please visit https://community.zonehaven.com/

To sign up for alerts, including critical evacuation information, please visit https://www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/emergencyservices/page/codered-emergency-alert.

Highway 96 remains closed due to the McKinney Fire.

Fire restrictions are in effect on the Klamath National Forest. For more information, visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/klamath/alerts-notices/

Information about the McKinney Fire (east of the Yeti Fire along Highway 96) is available at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8287/  
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