During the height of the air attack effort on September 23, 53,000 gallons of fire retardant were dropped in a 90-minute period. Īt least 555 firefighting personnel were engaged on the fire using bulldozers to create firebreaks, water tenders to defend structures and attack spot fires, and over a dozen air tankers and helicopters dropping fire retardant and water in an effort to reduce the intensity and rate of spread of the fire. The wind-driven fire exhibited "extreme" and "explosive" behavior as it moved primarily south and west out of the mountains towards Redding and into brush, oak woodlands, and neighborhoods, threatening more than 2,000 structures. The Fawn Fire's growth was fueled by a combination of high winds with gusts over 20 miles per hour, temperatures as high as 97 degrees, and a relative humidity down to 10%. By 9:20, the fire was reported as 800 acres and 5% contained, and by 12:30, it was reported as 1,200 acres and 5% contained.
for all roads off of Bear Mountain Road between Dry Creek and Old Oregon Trail. An evacuation order was issued by 9:00 a.m. At the same time, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office issued the first evacuation warning for the fire, for the area north of Bear Mountain Road, from Kitty Hawk Lane to Moss Drive. Winds continued to increase throughout the morning and afternoon. on the morning of September 23, the fire was reported as 150 acres and 5% contained. On the night of September 22, gusty north winds caused the fire to spot and spread rapidly. At approximately 5:00 pm, Cal Fire reported that the fire was 20 acres and exhibiting a rapid rate of spread, burning in timber. The fire's dispatched location was near the intersection of Fawndale Road (which gave the incident its name) and Radcliff Road, immediately to the east of Interstate 5 and between the community of Mountain Gate to the south and Shasta Lake to the north. The area, more generally located in the mountains between Redding's sparse northern fringes and Shasta Lake, was accessible only using nearby quarry roads. PDT in the steep, forested drainage of the West Fork Stillwater Creek in the Shasta National Forest, west of Blue Ridge and south of Allie Cove Campground near Shasta Lake. The fire began at approximately 4:45 p.m. The immediate area had no significant or recent fire history, though the 1999 Jones Fire and 2004 Bear Fire burned a combined 37,000 acres and hundreds of structures in the Jones Valley region just to the east of the Fawn Fire's footprint.
Multiple fires burned in or near Shasta County, including the Salt Fire and the Dixie Fire. Northern California experienced many large and destructive wildfires in the summer of 2021, all of them exacerbated by drought and prolonged heat waves such as the 2021 Western North America heat wave. Most infamously, in 2018 the Carr Fire killed multiple people and destroyed hundreds of structures on the western outskirts of the city and in the communities of Shasta, Keswick, and Centerville. The fire was also the latest in a string of destructive WUI wildfires in the Redding area in recent years, including the 1999 Jones Fire and the 2013 Clover Fire. The Fawn Fire was one of the last and most destructive major wildfires of the 2021 California wildfire season, which was notable for its severity. As of 2022, legal proceedings were ongoing. A Palo Alto woman was arrested the day of its ignition and charged with starting the fire. The fire cost more than $25 million to suppress and burned 8,578 acres (3,471 hectares) before being fully contained on October 2. Three firefighters engaged in suppression of the fire were injured, but there were no recorded civilian injuries or fatalities. The fire ultimately destroyed 185 structures (including residences, commercial buildings, and outbuildings) and damaged 26. Caused by a suspected act of arson in the evening of September 22, the fire began in mountains to the northeast of Redding and was driven by high winds the following day south and west into wildland-urban interface (WUI) neighborhoods.
state of California in September and October 2021. The Fawn Fire was a damaging wildfire near Redding, Shasta County, in the U.S. Location of fire near Redding and Shasta Lake
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