Vinegar Fire

Wildfire in Tehama and Trinity counties, June 2008

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/6703/vinegar-fire-2008

Key facts

Started June 22, 2008
Contained June 25, 2008, after 3 days
Burned 14,544 acres
26th largest fire of 2008
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Tehama County 10,856 acres
  2. Trinity County 3,685 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1987 Lazyman Fire 1,497 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 648 acres shared
  2. 1987 Slides Fire 913 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 249 acres shared
  3. 2006 Yolla Bolly Complex 1,247 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 1,222 acres shared
  4. 2007 Lazy Fire 597 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13 acres shared
  5. 2007 Sugarlaof Fire 102 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 7 acres shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 August Complex 1,032,700 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 10,223 acres shared
  2. 2023 Slide 1 Fire 473 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 13 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Vinegar Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data