South Pasadena Fire Department Sends Assets to Northern California Wildfires

Local firefighter officials have been sent to battle a Northern California wildfire that, as of Tuesday afternoon, has burned more than 70,000 acres in Amador and Calaveras counties.

The South Pasadena Fire Department sent Engine 81 and a strike team to the Butte Fire consisting of Captain Chris Szenczi, Engineer Cliff Snyder, Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Levins and Firefighter Brice Reiner.

Butte fire Update (as of Tuesday, 6:45 a.m.)

•71,660 acres burned
•37% contained
•10,000 people displaced
•6,400 structures threatened
•166 homes, 116 outbuildings destroyed
•4,668 fire workers
•6,000 homes evacuated

In another Northern California blaze, the Valley fire near Napa was 15% contained as of Tuesday at 6:45 a.m. while 67,000 acres had burned.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has issued an emergency proclamation for Lake and Napa counties due to the effects of the Valley Fire, which has burned thousands of acres of land and caused the evacuation of residents and damage to highways and other infrastructure.

The proclamation also incorporates provisions from an executive order issued last month to expedite the debris removal process and waive fees to replace documents such as birth certificates for those affected by the fire.

Brown said said main cause behind the fast-spreading fires is dry conditions from the drought.

As of Tuesday, there are 4,668 total 516 fire engines, 82 crews, eight airtankers, and 18 helicopters fighting the blaze.