Butte County, October 2, 2018 – CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department will be conducting a 8-acre control burn on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at the CAL FIRE Butte Fire Center on Steiffer Road in Magalia. The control burn will begin around 9:00 a.m. and last most of the day.
The control burn will provide training and reduce hazardous vegetation to maintain a shaded-fuel break around the facility.
Reducing forest fuels in a controlled environment will lessen the impacts of wildfires occurring during periods of high fire danger.
Smoke from the control burn will be visible in northern Butte County.