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Lowden Ranch Escaped Prescribed Fire 1999

  • Incident Information:

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  • Location:

    California

  • Date:

    07/02/1999

  • Incident Type:

    Wildfire Declaration

  • Description:

    On July 2, 1999, a prescribed fire ignited by personnel from the Redding Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) escaped control and was declared a wildland fire. The Lowden Ranch Fire grew to approximately 2,000 acres and destroyed 23 residences before it was contained under management of a California Department of Forestry (CDF) incident management team. BLM’s director of the National Office of Fire and Aviation assembled an interagency team to determine the factors that caused the prescribed burn to escape. This is the review team’s final report.

    Fire Behavior, Prescribed Fire, Escaped Prescribed Fire

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