Tennant Fire containment increases to 17% as crews prioritize hard to reach areas

Jenna King July 2, 2021

Last Updated: July 2, 2021

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — The Tennant Fire is burning 9,836 acres, containment has reached 17%, and there’s still much more work to be done, for the nearly 750 firefighters assigned to the fire.

They say crews prioritized the Juanita Lake and Bray areas Friday. Those are the two pockets of heat, that are in rough terrain, making it difficult to get resources into.

“Our crews have been doing an amazing job of being just really thorough and getting those spot fires and just making sure that the line we do have no is holding,” said Alison Batchelder, spokesperson for Cal Incident Management Team.

Firefighters say there have been structures lost.

This includes 2 homes, 1 commercial structure, and 1 other outbuilding.

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Jenna King is the 6pm and 11pm anchor for NBC5 News. Jenna is a Burbank, CA native. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Sports Business. During her time at Oregon she was part of the student-run television station, Duck TV. She also grew her passion for sports through her internship with the PAC 12 Network. When Jenna is not in the newsroom you can find her rooting for her hometown Dodgers, exploring the outdoors or binging on the latest Netflix release.