First discovered: 5:39 p.m. May 18

Initial location: Modoc County, Calif.

Fire type: Wildfire, Type 4

Fire name: Sugar

A new wildfire was reported today at 5:39 p.m. at in Modoc County, California.

Sugar Fire has burned one acre of private land. Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.

NIFC Fire Complexity Analysis

This wildfire is considered to be a Type 4 incident. What it means:

• Command staff and general staff functions are not activated.

• Resources are local and vary from a single module to several resources.

• The incident is usually limited to one operational period in the control phase.

• No written incident action plan (IAP) is required. However, a documented operational briefing will be completed for all incoming resources.

Source: National Interagency Fire Center