the bully fire was a wildfire that started on july 11, 2014 at 3:37 pm pdt in shasta county. the fire quickly spread to , and it was only 5% contained. during the next day, dry weather coupled with a heat wave allowed to fire to advance to , prompting mandatory evacuations to be issued for the region, as well as several miles of road closures. during the next few days, the wildfire exploded to , prompting additional evacuations, since the wildfire was only 25% contained. a couple of days later, the bully fire reached , but the containment also increased to 45%. by july 18, the wildfire had expanded further to , with the containment only at 65%. during the next few days, containment gradually increased to 95%, before progress stalled on july 22. however, the increase in containment allowed the road closures and the evacuation orders to be lifted. during the next 4 days, firefighting efforts continued to slowly extinguish the bully fire, until full containment of the perimeter was achieved on july 26, at 8:00 pm pdt. fire patrols lingered for the next couple of days to work on extinguishing the blaze, and on july 28, the bully fire was reported to be 100% controlled. during its duration, the bully fire destroyed a total of 20 residential structures. a total of 21 injuries and 1 death were also reportedly caused by the fire, which was determined to be human-caused.