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 The Yeti Fire (formerly known as the China 2 Fire) was active this afternoon as another series of thunder cells moved into the area. The fire continues to back toward Klamath River adjacent to Highway 96 to the north and northwest, and has reached the river in multiple places west of Portuguese Creek. Crews have been working for several days constructing line to the southeast of China Mountain along West Grider Creek to tie into existing dozer lines west of The Pacific Crest Trail to stop fire spread toward the Seiad Valley. Crews are also working on containment line from China Mountain to the southwest toward China Point. About midday, crews pulled back as a strong thunder cell north of the fire collapsed, causing spotting on the fire’s southern perimeter (northeast of China Mountain). There is an approximately 50% chance of wetting rain predicted overnight, and firefighters will use the more favorable conditions predicted to try to pick up those spots.

The Alex Fire, located north of Empire Creek (west of the Beaver Creek Road) received considerable precipitation overnight last night and is showing little growth.

As of today, California Interagency Incident Management Team 10 has assumed command of the Yeti and Alex Fires. Management of the McKinney Fire is under California Team 2.