All evacuations have been lifted in Oroville as the Thompson Fire reached full containment on Monday evening, July 8, after burning 3,789 acres.
Damage assessment from the Thompson Fire has been completed. Cal Fire's Butte Unit says the Damage Inspection Team found 13 homes destroyed and 5 damaged. They also found 13 other minor structures destroyed and 3 damaged.
The fire ignited off Cherokee Road, near Thompson Flat Cemetery Road, at 10:51 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2. Cal Fire says the fire jumped the diversion pool of the Feather River and quickly grew to over 2,000 acres, forcing around 13,000 people to evacuate and the City of Oroville to declare a local emergency.
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On Wednesday, July 3, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a State of Emergency in response to the fire. Newsom also announced that California secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) to support the response to the Thompson Fire. "The FMAG, which is provided through the President’s Disaster Relief Fund on a cost-share basis, will assist local, state, and tribal agencies responding to the fire to apply for 75% reimbursement of their eligible fire suppression costs," Newsom said.
For additional Survivor Resources, go to www.buttecounty.net.
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