
Butte County Website | Plumas County Website.Cal Fire Incident Report, Evacuation Information, Road Closures.The area impacted by that warning includes Chester as well as the region from the Hwy 36/Hwy 89 junction, east to the causeway, both sides of Hwy 36 through Chester to the Lake Almanor edge and to north to the county line. While residents were earlier advised to evacuate to Chester where a shelter was set up at the Chester Memorial Hall, within a few hours that shelter was being demobilizing due to capacity and other logistical reasons, including the fact that Chester itself was under an evacuation warning.

The order covers an area including Dyer Mountain, southeast to Keddie Ridge, southeast to Diamond Mountain Road, west to Stampfli Lane, north to Wolf Creek, northwest to the intersection of N Valley Road and Pecks Valley Road, north to the intersection of Williams Valley Road and Lower Williams Valley Road, northwest to SR89 at Second Water Tower Creek north to Dyer Mountain. the Plumas County Sheriff issued a mandatory evacuation order for all residents on the northeast side of Indian Valley. There were 5,168 firefighters battling the blaze as of Tuesday morning.Īt around 3:45 p.m. The fire has grown overnight to 254,466 acres and was 35% contained. PLUMAS COUNTY (CBS SF) - New activity on the northern side of the Dixie Fire in Plumas County Tuesday afternoon brought more mandatory evacuation orders to the east shore of Lake Almanor, the northeast side of Indian Valley and the town of Chester, according to authorities.
