Linden Fire prompts evacuations in downtown Redding
A three-acre fire that started in Redding’s Mercy Canyon just before 1 p.m. has already prompted evacuations.
Update June 12 4:57 p.m.: The evacuation order for COR-421 has been lifted.
Update June 12, 2:26 p.m.: Forward progression stopped, per WatchDuty. Genasys Evacuation Map reporting that evacuations are being conducted by Redding Police from homes within 500 yards of Seminole Dr/Auburn Dr intersection “due to fire activity in the area of Mercy Canyon.”
Update June 12, 2026 1:48 p.m.: WatchDuty is reporting the fire has spread to 18 acres with multiple spot fires. There are no press releases from Redding Police Department or Redding Fire Department yet.
A vegetation fire that started in downtown Redding has spread to between 3-5 acres as of 1:04 p.m. per the nonprofit Watch Duty, which is also reporting immediate threat to structures.
The Genasys Evacuation Map shows orders issued for COR-421 in the area of Seminole Drive and Auburn Drive. An evacuation order means you should leave immediately. Find your zone here.
The evacuation center is the Holiday Shopping Center on Placer, 3315 Placer Street in Redding, per Genasys. There is a road closure at Buenaventura Boulevard, close to the Benton Airfield.
For those at risk, the best sources for urgent information are currently Watch Duty and the Genasys Evacuation Map.
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Why is homelessness a civic responsibility, all I see are tweeted out junkies and young children with a dog. These people have no positive contribution to society.
Instead of bombing Iran and South America, building a ball room, painting the reflection pool and so much more, perhaps the republicans can fund a homeless support fund.
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Where is the oversight?
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Are you telling me Kevin Crye cant speak at the next Redding City council meeting and address the horrific dangers facing his district and surrounding area of his responsibility?
Can arsonist be cured? No, there is no permanent “cure” for pyromania or arsonist tendencies.
So don’t be supprised this summer that we have a big jump in arson related fires.
Houses will burn, and lives will quite likely be lost….
What we DONT need is government officials Crying about election integrity constantly, and SILENCE on what effects public in such a dramatic way, a complete and devastating SAFETY issue.
Crickets…
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I agree and have said the same. Also every year they complain about all the trash they have to pick up well we know where their camps are put dumpsters there so they have some where to put their trash and you would elemenate that problem.
I was reading a nice article in the rs about the origins of Linden as one of the first black neighborhoods in Redding. How sad to read this story the very next day.
As a Firefighter of 20 plus years and a homeless advocate, ive said it for years. This Absolutely was predictable fire when you criminalize homeless forcing them to go deeper and deeper into the brush where there are denser fuel loads… Redding and Shasta County refuse to take responsibility for the total lack of shelter space. Authorities allow homeless to camp in a box canyon, and wonder why a fire races up the hill. Make no mistake, if there was double digit wind speeds to go along with the single digit humidities and triple digit temperatures during this fire houses and quite possibly lives would certainly have been lost. I believe for some reason the county has property where this fire started. I have also talked to Redding Fire Investigator Dean Herzberg from the past who told me he believes homeless haters love to start fires in their camps to generate total hatred for them. Redding City Council and Shasta County Supervisors, You made the Wine, now drink the Cup.