Tennant Fire grows to over 8,159 acres [UPDATED]
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The #TennantFire grows to 8,159 acres following extreme fire weather conditions on Mt. Hebron. The fire seen here, burns in the Klamath National Forest at the southern edge of the Butte Valley near Prather Creek. June 30, 2021. (Image: Brian Gailey, Cascade Firewatch / Klamath Falls News)
Map of the #TennantFire. [click to enlarge] Full size
FIRE DETAILS
Cause:
Vehicle Fire
Size:
8,159 Acres
Containment: 5%
Location:
Mt. Hebron, California
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Updated: 3:00 PM, 6/30/21 to include a map of the fire.
MT HEBRON, Calif. - Crews remained engaged through the night on the Tennant Fire, constructing fireline and doing structure protection as needed. An infrared flight occurred over the incident last night, mapping the Tennant Fire at 8,159 acres. Containment is reported at 5%.
A local team from the Klamath National Forest Goosenest Ranger Station, lead by Edward Willy has been in command of the fire. Later today, California Interagency Incident Management Team 15 will assume command of the Tennant Fire.
[The fire burns within one mile of the Goosenest Ranger Station]
Evacuation Warnings were updated by the Siskiyou County Sheriffs Office this morning, issuing an EVACUATION WARNING for residents living on West Ball Mountain-Little Shasta Road, up to Cook Campbell Road, all of Meiss Lake Road, and over to Forest Service Road 3.
Other Evacuation Warnings remain in effect, including an Evacuation Warning for the Macdoel area. Other Evacuation Warnings remain in effect, including an Evacuation Warning for the Macdoel area.
Evacuation Orders and Warnings remain in effect for areas around the Tennant Fire. For a map of evacuations visit https://arcg.is/1CrfH40.
The Tennant Fire started on Monday, June 28, 2021, on Tennant Road 1 mile off of US Highway 97; when a fully engulfed vehicle caught nearby vegetation on fire. Fanned by high winds, the fire quickly grew to 1,700 acres by the next morning. Fueled by dry forests and extreme fire weather conditions on Tuesday, pushed the fire northward across Mt. Hebron, north along US97, and into the southern edge of the Butte Valley.
At this time, the fire has consumed four structures including the abandoned Juniper Lodge at the base of Mt. Hebron pass.
Firecrews are battling the Tennant Fire on mixed terrain. Some areas have previously burned in older fires, while others are dense with overgrowth and underbrush. Much of the terrain is steep and treacherous.
Expected weather over the fire will be extremely hot and dry in the afternoons with moderate overnight humidities. Isolated thunderstorms are expected to develop later in the week.
Photography from the Tennant Fire
The images below were captured by Brian Gailey, Klamath Falls News / Cascade Firewatch in the early morning hours of June 30, 2021.
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