Due To the Carr Fire There Will Be No Blogs This Week Or Next

Spot fires along Copley Mountain from the Carr Fire. Orange flames in dense smoke. This view was taken from the Shasta Dam area. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

Due to Shasta County and the Redding area ravaging in flames this week by the Carr Fire, there will be no blogs from me this week or possibly next week. I haven’t been at work since Thursday afternoon, and my family is trying to get our lives back on track. Our house in downtown Redding on Chestnut Street in the historic Breslauer Addition has survived the fire even though we were evacuated twice. A third evacuation for our neighborhood was lifted Sunday morning. 

Up-to-this-date, the Carr Fire has burned over 103, 722 acres. The fire which began by a vehicle malfunction at the Carr Power House has gone on to become the 7th most destructive fire in California State history according to the Record Searchlight and it continues to bring havoc to the North State. Here are some photos and video’s that I took of the Carr Fire...

Spot fires along Copley Mountain from the Carr Fire. Orange flames in dense smoke. This view was taken from the Shasta Dam area. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

Spot fires along Copley Mountain from the Carr Fire. Orange flames in dense smoke. This view was taken from the Shasta Dam area. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

A view of the Carr Fire from the Shasta Dam area. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

A smokey view near the Shasta Dam area with a red sun. This photograph was taken on July 26, 2018 by Jeremy Tuggle.

My house on the left. 1600 block Chestnut Street with the smoke of the Carr Fire in the distance. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

1600 block of Chestnut Street looking west with the smoke of the Carr Fire in the distance. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle.

Looking north up the 1600 block of Chestnut Street in downtown Redding. Smokey, colorful skies. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

Looking at a West-North position from the 1600 block of Chestnut Street in downtown Redding. The smoke of the Carr Fire. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

1608 Chestnut looking with with the Carr Fire in the distance. Time to evacuate... this photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

A house fire near the corner of Aquamarine and Lake Redding Drive in downtown Redding. I reported it to 911 that night. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

Looking at Lake Redding/Harlan Drive area being destroyed by the Carr Fire. This photograph was taken by Jeremy Tuggle on July 26, 2018.

The Carr Fire ravaging the Redding area on Thursday, July 26, 2018. I got rerouted from Eureka Way into this mess on Benton Drive passing through the 11th Street intersection and passing by the historic Diestelhorst Bridge. I was brought out to Sulpher Creek Hill at Miracle Mile and it took a very long time to get through the madness of people evacuating downtown.