Update: A newer report on the Thompson Fire includes information on the lifting of most evacuation orders.
About 40 square miles on Lake Oroville’s west shore was under evacuation order for the Thompson Fire.
The order covered the communities of Oregon City and Kelly Ridge and extended into Oroville. It was reduced to a warning Wednesday for some zones south of Highway 162.The fire was reported around 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, along the Feather River about 3 miles downstream of Oroville Dam. By Thursday afternoon, it had burned 3,747 acres (5.8 square miles), said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The map above shows the approximate fire perimeter as a black line and the evacuation area in red. For more evacuation details, including the warning areas, see the Butte County emergency map or the CalFire/Butte County Facebook page.
Evacuation centers are at the Nazarene church in Oroville (2238 Monte Vista Ave.) and the fairgrounds in Gridley (199 E. Hazel St.). Small animals were being taken at 2279 Del Oro Ave. in Oroville and large animals at Camelot Equestrian Park (1985 Clark Road, Oroville).
