Several public areas are closed for the duration of the burn, including the Siddie Fields Recreation Area and the Pine Cliff Equestrian Trail parking lot.

Fire officials working the Green Fire burning in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest northeast of Redding announced they are using two "Super Scooper" planes to drop water and help extinguish flames.

The Asheville Fire Department is working on a barn fire that has extended into a wildland fire on Carson Trail.