Sunday, June 22, 2008

Northern California Lightning Series Summary: 340 fires

Northern California Lightning Series Summary:
Various counties and locations throughout Northern California experienced a extreme dry lighting event yesterday threw last night with over 400 lightning strikes hitting ground.
The Wildfires were scattered throughout Northern California, with another 90 fires ranging from one acre to 125 acres in size burning in the Mendocino County area alone.
These totals as of late last night
Total lightning caused fires: 340+ fires,
Total acreage involved: approximately 4000+ acres burning
Date Started: June 20, 2008 12:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Operational Units
Summary of Fires by Unit
Siskiyou Unit: 8 fires reporting minor acreage
Humboldt Unit: 37 fires for approximately 120 acres
Mendicino Unit: 90 fires that range in size from 1-125 acres
San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit: 15 fires up to 2 acres in size
Amador-El Dorado Unit: 18 fires
Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit: 7 fires all less than 1 acre each
Butte Unit: 21 fires for a total of over 60 acres
Tehama-Glen Unit: 34 fires for a total of 550 acres.
Shasta-Trinity Unit: 62 fires up to 50 acres in size.
Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit: 5 fires with 4 contained and one burning near Napa West of Fairfield at 300 acres.
Lassen-Modoc Unit: 27 fires for a total of 25 acres.
Tuolumne-Calavares Unit: 15 fires for a total of 140 acres.

Information: Phone Numbers (530) 225-2510 (Northern California Joint Information Center)

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