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The Tucker Fire is holding at 14,217 acres. Continued work has increased the fire’s containment to 95%. Night shift crews completed their patrol, finding no heat threatening lines. Today, further depth in mop up will be achieved as necessary to ensure containment.
Read MoreContainment lines around the Tucker Fire held as crews worked through the night patrolling, gridding, and mopping up any heat threatening the fire perimeter. The Tucker Fire remains at 14,217 acres and is now 51% contained thanks to the efforts of both day and night shift crews. No structures have been damaged or destroyed. The Tucker Fire is under the command of California Interagency Incident Management Team 10.
Read MoreThe Tucker Fire remained within containment lines throughout the operational period yesterday. It is currently 14, 217 acres and 10% contained. No structures have been damaged or destroyed. The fire was determined to have been unintentionally ignited by vehicular traffic along Highway 139. California Interagency Incident Management Team 10 assumed command of the fire at 6am on July 31, 2019.
Read MoreModoc County, Calif.— The Tucker Fire was very active yesterday, growing more than 10,000 acres to 12,973. Fire progression was to the northeast and the southern shore of Clear Lake.
Read MoreThe Tucker Fire spotted outside control lines today and again exhibited erratic behavior and fast rates of spread this afternoon. It was last reported at more than 11,000 acres moving north/northeast into the Clear Lake Hills. The map to the right is from 2 p.m. July 29, before the fire completed its run to the north late in the afternoon.
Read MoreALTURAS, Calif.— The Tucker Fire is the largest and most recent wildfire this year on the Modoc National Forest. It and two other fires this year are suspected to have been unintentionally caused by people, including the Goose 2 and Rainbow fires earlier this season.
Read MoreNewell, Calif. - The Tucker Fire, started yesterday afternoon along the east side of Hwy 139 near Dry Lake, was last reported at 2,461 acres. 200 Firefighters from eight different resources responded to the fire and immediately reported erratic fire behavior and activity in all areas of the fire.
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