Peter Fire near Anderson, CA prompts evacuations

Updated 9:44 p.m. PDT July 14, 2022

CAL FIRE reported at 9 p.m. that the Peter Fire at Anderson, CA has destroyed 12 structures and has burned 304 acres. They did not specify how many of the structures were residences.

Firefighting resources assigned include 51 engines, 18 water tenders, 15 hand crews, 6 helicopters, and 7 dozers for a total of 497 personnel.

The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office has evacuation information. At 8 p.m. they posted the following:

UPDATE. All residents in homes east of the intersection of Third Street and Missouri Lane to Highway 273 can return to their homes. All roads connected to Spring Gulch Road west of Missouri Lane remain under evacuation order. Residences on Diamond Street west of Franklin remain under an evacuation order. The evacuation warning for all streets off Parallel Road and Jacqueline Street remain in effect.

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Updated at 6:01 p.m. PDT July 14, 2022

Air Attack reports that the Peter Fire at Anderson, California is looking good, and they have a retardant line around most of the perimeter. They are keeping two air tankers to be able to pick up spot fires as they occur. The other tankers have been released, including a Very Large Air Tanker.

The fire is believed to have started from a structure fire that spread into the vegetation. At 6 p.m. there were no engines available to work on a burning structure, so helicopters were dropping water on it.

The Shasta County Sheriff’s Department has evacuation information on their Facebook page.

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Updated at 5:25 p.m. PDT July 14, 2022

FIRIS mapped the Peter Fire at 248 acres at approximately 4:11 p.m. PDT Thursday. At 5:25 p.m. it was mapped again at 303 acres.

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4:58 p.m. PDT July 14, 2022

A new fire south of Redding, California is prompting evacuations west of Anderson. The Peter Fire was reported at around 3 p.m. PDT and at last report had burned at least 50 acres. It is four miles south-southwest of the Redding Air Attack base which results in quick turnarounds for air tankers reloading with retardant.

Firefighters on scene have reported 30 structures that are threatened and several times have requested additional engines and aircraft. There are reports that the fire has reached some structures and air tankers are making retardant drops near them attempting to lessen the damage. At least half a dozen air tankers are on scene or en route.

The evacuation center is at West Valley High School, 3805 Happy V Road, Cottonwood, CA.

Weather

Since the fire started the Howard Street weather station in Anderson has recorded 88 degrees, 13 percent relative humidity, and 10 to 12 mph winds out of the south and south-southeast gusting to 12 mph. The forecast for the rest of the afternoon calls for winds increasing to 14 mph out of the south, then slowing after sunset to 3 mph for the rest of the night. The nighttime humidity should rise to 52 percent then on Friday drop to 10 percent in the afternoon with 6 mph winds out of the south.