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Update 6 p.m.
OROVILLE, Calif. -- Some residents who were told to evacuate due from the Potters Fire can now return to their homes, according to Butte County Sheriff's officials.
Just after 5 p.m., the sheriff's office tweeted that evacuation orders have been lifted for residents living on the north side of Orange Avenue from the roundabout to Long Bar Road. This also includes residents on the north side of Long Bar Road, all the way to the Feather River.
The Potters Fire is currently 600 acres and is 10% percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
Original story:
Roughly 26 fires were started in the Butte Lightning Complex. The largest portion of the complex fires came from the Potters Fire, which Cal Fire is treating as its own incident.
As of 7 p.m. on Monday, the Potters Fire burned roughly 800 acres and was 0% contained according to Cal Fire's Butte Unit and Butte County Fire Department.
Firefighters have located all fires in the complex according to Cal Fire. The complex fires without the Potters Fire grew to 336 acres according to Cal Fire.
The Potters Fire started near Potters Ravine Dr and Oregon Gulch Rd, roughly seven miles northeast of Oroville.
Butte County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday morning the evacuation orders and warnings were still in effect for:
- Evacuation orders:
- Potters Ravine Drive
- Oregon Gulch Road
- All roads between the Oregon Gulch Road and Cherokee Road
- Cherokee Road
- All roads south to the Feather River
- The north side of Orange Avenue from the roundabout to Long Bar Road
- The north side of Long Bar Road to the Feather River
- Evacuation warnings:
- Glenn Drive to Highway 162
- Highway 162 to Canyon Drive
- Canyon Drive north to the Oroville Dam
- All roads between the intersection of Table Mountain Boulevard and Montgomery street and Oro-Dam Boulevard.
- Roads from Oro-Dam Boulevard to Rusty Dusty Road
- All roads north of the Feather River
- Canyon Drive going east to Loafer Creek Road
- Olive Highway north to Lake Oroville
Evacuation points are located at Church of the Nazarene Parking lot in Oroville, a large animal shelter at Camelot Equestrian Park in Paradise, and small animal shelter at Old County Hospital in Oroville.
(Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly had evacuation information from the LNU Lightning Complex Fire. The information has been removed.)