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Wildfire in Western Siskiyou County, California

Wildfire July 23, 2006 – July 31, 2006 · Western Siskiyou County, California

$4.5M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

See below.

The wider storm

Lightning sparked several wildfires in southwest Sisikiyou County on 07/23/06. Some of these fires became known collectively as the Happy Camp Complex. As of 08/08/06, the blaze burned 3757 acres and 4.5 million dollars were spent on the fire fighting efforts. No structures were lost, but a helicopter picking up water from a local river crashed, killing two people onboard. Estimated containment date is 09/01/06.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5521426. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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