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Siskiyou emergency services reports Butler and Big Cliff fire status, surge in lightning-started fires
Summary
Director Brian Shonadi reported containment updates on the Butler Fire and the Big Cliff fire, said resources were shifted between incidents, and noted a spike in lightning-caused ignitions reported by the U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire; he also said staff compiled a 2015–2025 county impacts dataset at the board’s request.
Brian Shonadi, director of emergency services for Siskiyou County, updated the Board of Supervisors on two active wildfires and a countywide increase in lightning ignitions.
Shonadi said the Butler Fire, part of the Orleans Complex, is 93% contained. He provided an acreage figure in his remarks but the transcript’s phrasing around the acreage was unclear.
He said the Big…
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