Alameda Fire Deployed to Help Battle Wildfire in Trinity County

Firefighters from the Alameda Fire Department were sent this week to help with the firefighting efforts in Trinity County, Alameda Fire Captain James Colburn said.

“The Alameda Fire engine and crew deployed on Monday as part of a strike team to the Mad River Complex fires,” Colburn said. “Upon their arrival, the Strike Team was assigned to protect structures from the surrounding fires. These fires were caused by lightning last week as storms rolled through Northern California.”

“The Mad River Complex is a series of seven lightning fires that started on July 30,” a statement posted on the U.S. Forest service website said.

Fire crews from all over the state have been sent to battle the multiple fires are burning all over Northern California. The Rocky Fire, burning in Northern California’s Lake, Colusa and Yolo counties, has spread to 65,000 acres as of this morning, with 12 percent containment, Cal Fire said.

The Wragg Fire, meanwhile, in the Lake Berryessa area of Napa and Solano counties, is 97 percent contained with 8,051 acres consumed as of this morning, Cal Fire said.

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Patch editor Susan Schena contributed to this report.

Photos courtesy Alameda Fire.