SFGATE: Carr Fire is 100% contained after 39 days, 8 deaths
Carr Fire is 100% contained after 39 days, 8 deaths"
Published on August 31, 2018 at 08:39AM by By Steve Rubenstein
After taking eight lives, destroying 1,079 homes and ravaging 229,651 acres of Shasta and Trinity counties, the monstrous Carr wildfire was declared contained on Thursday night. Cal Fire said the fire, which broke out July 23 near Highway 299 in the Whiskeytown area of Shasta County and unleashed the biggest fire tornado recorded, was contained at 7:32 p.m. “Although full containment has been achieved, firefighters will continue to patrol the fire area for several days and fire suppression repair remains ongoing,” a Cal Fire spokesman said. “We have hand lines all around it and the threat is completely out.” On the final day, 456 firefighters were still doing battle, employing four dozen bulldozers.
Published on August 31, 2018 at 08:39AM by By Steve Rubenstein
After taking eight lives, destroying 1,079 homes and ravaging 229,651 acres of Shasta and Trinity counties, the monstrous Carr wildfire was declared contained on Thursday night. Cal Fire said the fire, which broke out July 23 near Highway 299 in the Whiskeytown area of Shasta County and unleashed the biggest fire tornado recorded, was contained at 7:32 p.m. “Although full containment has been achieved, firefighters will continue to patrol the fire area for several days and fire suppression repair remains ongoing,” a Cal Fire spokesman said. “We have hand lines all around it and the threat is completely out.” On the final day, 456 firefighters were still doing battle, employing four dozen bulldozers.
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