About 4:15 am Tuesday more than 40 firefighters from the Houston area, many from Montgomery County, and another 100 from around Texas will depart their stations for Hobby Airport and San Antonio International Airport. With a scheduled arrival at Hobby of 6 am they will depart on a Southwest Airlines Charter Flight donated by SW Airlines and crewed by SW Crews who volunteered their time to fly the firefighters to California. These crews will be relieving crews who have already been there for at least 3-weeks battling the wildfires which are consuming California. One of those fires is the Zogg fire near Sacramento. As of tonight close to 17,000 acres are burning on the fire that erupted yesterday. In one hour, the fire grew over 1000 acres. The National Weather Service Sacramento said there are extreme fire weather conditions in the area of the fire, which is burning in the area of Zogg Mine Road and Jenny Bird Lane, North of Igo near Redding. The National Weather Service said north winds are reaching speeds of up to 30-40 mph with relative humidity values of 5-10%. This is one of many fire burning. On this fire alone 3 people have died and over 140 structures have been destroyed.
Other fires still working
GLASS FIRE-STARTED 9/27, 11,000 ACRES-0% CONTAINED
DOLAN FIRE-STARTED 8/18/20-125,599 ACRES-40% CONTAINED
LNU LIGHTNING COMPLEX-STARTED 8/17/20-363,200 ACRES-98% CONTAINED-5 INJURIES-5 DEATHS-1491 STRUCTURES DESTROYED-232 DAMAGED
SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX-STARTED 8/17/20-363,220 ACRES-98% CONTAINED-6 INJURIES-222 STRUCTURES DESTROYED-26 DAMAGED
BUTTE/TEHAMA GLEN LIGHTNING COMPLEX-STARTED 8/17/20-19,609 ACRES-97% CONTAINED-1 INJURY-14 STRUCTURES DESTROYED
CREEK FIRE-9/5/20-304,604 ACRES, 39%-855 STRUCTURES DESTROYED, 71 DAMAGED
AUGUST COMPLEX-8/17/20-878,470-45%-1 DEATH-51 DESTROYED-5 DAMAGED IN THE MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST
MARTINDALE FIRE-9/28/20-200 ACRES-0%-NE OF SANTA CLARITA
APPLE FIRE-7/31/20-33,424 ACRES-95%-4 INJURED-D DESTROYED
LAKE FIRE-8/12/20-31,089 ACRES-98%-4 INJURED-12 DESTROYED-ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST BURNING THROUGH 100-YEAR OLD TIMBER
POTTERS FIRE-8/18/20-927 ACRES-98%-NE OF OROVILLE
NORTH COMPLEX-8/17/20-306, 135 ACRES-78%-2 INJURED-15 DEAD-2342 STRUCTURES DESTROYED-113 DAMAGED-
RED SALMON COMPLEX-7/27/20-91,672 ACRES-16%-VERY RUGGED IN THE TRINITY ALPS WILDERNESS
WOODWARD FIRE-8/19/20-4,929 ARCRES-97%-CLOSING POINT REYES SEASHORE-SMOKE COVERING SAN FRANCISCO
W-5 COLD SPRINGS-8/18/20-84.817 ACRES-98%-RUNNING THROUGH DENSE JUNIPER
SQF LIGHTNING COMPLEX-8/19/20-150,744 ACRES-54%-15 INJURED-232 STRUCTURES DESTROYED-12 DAMAGED-GOLDEN TROUT WILDERNESS
EL DORADO-9/5/20-22,680 ACRES-92%-13 INJURED-1 DEATH-10 STRUCTURES DETROOYED-6 DAMAGED-WEST OF OAK GLEN
FORK FIRE-9/8/20-1,667 ACRES-70%-VOLCANOVILLE EVACUATED
BOBCAT FIRE-9/6/20-114,200 ACRES-62%-NEAR COGSWELL DAM
SLATER AND DEVIL FIRES-9/8/20-154, 102 ACRES-38%-2 DEATHS-150 STRUCTURES DESTROYED-DESTROYED THE TOWN OF HAPPY CAMP
SNOW FIRE-9/17/20-6,254 ACRES-85%-WEST OF PALM SPRINGS
BELOW ARE PHOTOS TAKEN BY OUR FIREFIGHTERS FROM NEEDHAM, PORTER, CANEY CREEK, SOUTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NORTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
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