Bully Fire

Wildfire in Shasta County, July 2014

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/7332/bully-fire-2014

Key facts

Started July 11, 2014
Contained July 23, 2014, after 12 days
Burned 12,659 acres
11th largest fire of 2014
Cause Vehicle

Where it burned

Counties

  1. Shasta County 12,654 acres
  2. Trinity County 3 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. 1956 Bartley Bros. Fire 435 acres in total 33 acres shared
  2. 1985 Blue Nose Fire 294 acres in total 47 acres shared
  3. 2001 Shu Duncan Fire Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 10 acres shared
  4. 2008 Deerlick Fire 12,977 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 3,196 acres shared
  5. 2008 Moon Fire 35,312 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2 acres shared
  6. 2009 Jerusalem Fire 30 acres in total 1 acre shared

Burned again

  1. 2020 Platina Fire 339 acres in total · Cause: Miscellaneous 85 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Bully 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