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A red flag warning for a large swath of Northern California has been issued by the National Weather Service out of Eureka, expecting more lightning into the early hours of Friday amid dry conditions.
Wet weather on Monday helped dampen the ground around fires burning in the North State, giving firefighters a chance to bolster containment lines.
The U.S. Forest Service has provided the following information:2023 Six Rivers National Forest Lightning Complex and Redwood Lightning ComplexCalifornia Incident Management Team 2 is in command of the Six Rivers
The Smith River Complex continues to burn, with widespread power outages in Del Norte county set to be addressed by Friday or Saturday of this week, according to officials. Thousands of firefighters are on site building dozer lines and prepping structures. The Smith River Complex is now burning at over 47,000 acres in Del Norte County with 0% containment.
Here are updates on wildfires burning in Siskiyou, Trinity, Humboldt and Del Norte counties on Thursday morning, Aug. 24.