PRESS RELEASE September 28, 2020 Bay Area Urban Search and Rescue Task Force returns from Butte County for the second time in two years

Menlo Park Fire Protection District

Bay Area Urban Search and Rescue Task Force returns from Butte County for the second time in two years after searching 139 structures in a 39 square mile area in six days

70 Team members with California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 3 – Searched for the missing at the North Complex West Zone Fire in Butte County

Pictured above – Members of California Task Force 3 navigate dirt roads under dangerous circumstances in the burned over areas of the North Complex West Zone Fire - Credit Task Force 3

Pictured above – Members of California Task Force 3 had to clear dirt roads of tree falls in order to access many of the 139 structures they searched in the burned over areas of the North Complex West Zone Fire - Credit Task Force 3

Pictured above – Members of California Task Force 3 rebuild a burned out culvert bridge in order to navigate dirt roads under dangerous circumstances in the burned over areas of the North Complex West Zone Fire - Credit Task Force 3

Pictured above – A Member of California Task Force 3 cuts the metal roof of a building so it can be taken apart and searched for human remains in the burned over areas of the North Complex West Zone Fire - Credit Task Force 3

Pictured above – Members of California Task Force 3 delayer a structure so it can be searched for human remains in the burned over areas of the North Complex West Zone Fire - Credit Task Force 3

Pictured above – A Member of California Task Force 3 shows a section of melted aluminum that came from a burned out vehicle due to the fires intensity in the burned over areas of the North Complex West Zone Fire - Credit Task Force 3

Pictured above – Members of California Task Force 3 review their search plan while the charred remains of a squirrel speak to the fires intensity and speed in the burned over areas of the North Complex West Zone Fire - Credit Task Force 3

Pictured above – Members of California Task Force 3 in the burned over areas of the North Complex West Zone Fire – These dedicated members weren’t there to fight the fire, they were there to locate the missing and missed - Credit Task Force 3

Please see the link below for informational Press Release!

North Complex Fire - CA-TF3 - Human Recovery and Structural Search Mission - September 28 2020 - FINAL.pdf North Complex Fire - CA-TF3 - Human Recovery and Structural Search Mission - September 28 2020 - FINAL.pdf

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