CAL Fire reported the Bug Fire starting at 16:08 LT on August 8, east of U.S. Route 395 and south of Bringman Road in Lassen County, California. The fire expanded into Nevada and later burned together with the Fred Mountain Fire. By the evening of August 11, incident figures listed the combined Bug-Fred footprint at 23 458 ha (57 966 acres) with 0% containment.
An earlier CAL FIRE mapping update placed 17 306 ha (42 763 acres) in Nevada and 624 ha (1 541 acres) in California. CAL FIRE said active fire was no longer present in the California portion at that time. Evacuation orders and warnings remained in effect in Washoe County.
The nearby Stallion Fire was listed at 12 767 ha (31 548 acres) with 0% containment in Washoe County’s evening August 11 figures. The same update said 285 personnel was assigned to Bug/Fred and 102 personnel assigned to Stallion. Those staffing figures refer to the evening of August 11…