By midnight on Friday, suppression efforts were initiated on 14 fires in Southwestern Mendocino County between Boonville and Point Arena…. As early reports started to accumulate, the magnitude of the lightning event and resulting fire situation revealed itself the 2008 June Fire Siege was under way. “By late afternoon and evening, thunderstorm cells and dry lightning strikes moved in along the coast from Big Sur, north to Humboldt County. While the response to these fires was a sizeable resource commitment, numerous interagency wildland firefighting resources remained available for new initial attack fires.
There were also two ongoing, large wildland fires burning: the Clover Fire and the Indians Fire. Those fires spread rapidly into a large eucalyptus grove and merged into a single fire which threatened hundreds of structures and forced the evacuation of about 2,000 people and 220 horses and other livestock.
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June 20: “….The Trabing Fire started that afternoon north of Watsonville, in Santa Cruz County, when a vehicle’s exhaust system ignited a series of fires along a ¾ mile stretch of road. The fires destroyed 186 homes, 1 commercial building…183 other structures, and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in property and natural resource damage.” (CAL FIRE.
During this fire siege, thirteen people were killed and many fire fighters were injured. “Intro.”)ĬAL FIRE: “The fires had a great impact on people and society. Weather and fuel conditions and competition for resources made fire control efforts difficult, requiring strong cooperation and coordination among federal, state, and local fire fighting agencies….” (CAL FIRE.
Thousands of people were evacuated and smoke adversely effected air quality for weeks at a time. “During the siege over 350 structures were destroyed and hundreds of millions of dollars of property and natural resources were damaged. A wildland fire siege of this magnitude with so many fires burning so many acres over such a long period of time is unprecedented in California’s modern fire suppression history. By autumn, the June Fire Siege had burned more than 1.2 million acres and taken the lives of thirteen firefighters. While there were many early successes, some fires in remote areas continued to burn throughout the summer. Despite the great number of starts, severe burning conditions and limited resources, initial attack efforts by fire fighters contained more than 500 fires during the first few days of the siege. ĬAL FIRE overview: “In June 2008, a series of dry thunderstorms swept across California igniting more than 1,750 fires. Road grader operator Curtis Hillman dies Sep 11 from Aug 25 injury. July 26, Chief Daniel Bruce Packer, 49, Lake Tapps, WA. July 25 firefighter, falling tree Aug 5 helicopter crash. Civilian, Concow area 1 off-duty firefighter. įatalities (17, as attributed to a particular fire) Civilian, house in Butte County Concow area, CA. Volunteer firefighter, Anderson Valley Fire Dept. Helicopter Pilot, Inspector, USDA Forest Ser. Sep 11: Curtis Hillman, road grader operator, dies from injuries sustained on Aug 25. Īug 5: Contract helicopter crash Iron/Alps Complex fire 9 killed, 4 injured survivors. Park firefighter Andrew Palmer hit by falling tree Iron Complex. July 11: 2 nd death disclosed Van Scott West, 61, Concow, Butte County, in remains of house. firefighter recruit Bob Roland Mendocino Complex fire. July 1: Gap Fire started in Santa Barbara County. June 23: Evacuations ordered in Solano, Napa, Shasta, Trinity, Lassen, Butte, Mendocino counties. Butte, Mendocino, Shasta, Plumas, Trinity counties. June 22: Over 600 new lightning fires esp. June 20-21: Lightning storm ignites over 2,000 fires. 2008 Fire Siege Timeline, “Executive Summary,”, p. “California burning: It’s time for real action.” Mountain Democrat, Placerville, CA, 8-27-2008, A6. “2008 California wildfires.” 9-9-2018 edit cites Cal Fire.
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