Siskiyou Daily News
The deadly Slater Fire which devastated the town of Happy Camp has been declared 100% contained, as has the smaller Devil Fire, Klamath National Forest officials said today. The fires were officially declared contained on Nov. 16.
Sparked Sept. 8 near the Slater Butte Lookout, the Slater Fire destroyed 198 homes and killed two people. Together with the Devil Fire, more than 166,000 acres were burned on the Klamath, Rogue River-Siskiyou and Six Rivers national forests.
While the fires are completely contained, they haven t yet been declared out, said KNF representative Jennifer Erickson. Fires are declared out when officials are confident there s no more heat inside the fire s footprint. Burned stumps, for example, can smolder for weeks or months after a fire, Erickson said.
Siskiyou Daily News
The Northern California region of the state is now one of two that has not yet been impacted by the new stay-at-home plan announced last week.
Northern California’s availability improved in Thursday’s report from state officials. They say 30.3% of ICU beds in the region are open, up from 27.1% in the previous day’s report.
On Wednesday, the Greater Sacramento region became the third to drop below the 15% ICU availability threshold that triggers further business restrictions. That region includes the following counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba.