10 AM 9/2 update on Root Fire

5 mi

Root Fire

North of Forest Rd 25 & 3.8 miles West of Castle Crags State Park, Castella

Shasta & Siskiyou CountiesAcres350Containment-StatusActive

Updated 9 minutes ago

Created by Watch Duty • Sep 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM

Evacuation Order – Level 3 – Go

Shasta County
CST-1070-B

Evacuation Warning – Level 2 – Set

Siskiyou County
SIS-6200, SIS-6203, SIS-6301

Evacuation Notes

Genasys Evacuation Map

Maureen Bonessa

 • Reporter

9 minutes ago · Sep 2 at 9:52 AM

Aircraft Request – 3 LATS (Large Air Tanker) and 1 VLAT (Very Large Air Tanker) per Air Attack.

Maureen Bonessa

 • Reporter

32 minutes ago · Sep 2 at 9:28 AM

Girard Ridge 1 – ALERTCalifornia | UC San Diego

Air Attack is over the fire and reports “from what I can see, looks pretty good” There are couple spots at the edge of the line but not seeing any spotting over the line.

Requesting a lead plane and 2 Type 1 helicopters.

Current view of the fire above.