Fire officials monitoring the Old Blue Mountain Fire today will remove the Level 1 evacuation alert from homes on Humbug Creek Rd at 6:00 p.m. The portions of road affected by the alert include homes on the main fork (address 2542 and up) and the entire left fork.
The evacuation alert was ordered early Tuesday afternoon by Applegate Valley Fire District No. 9 and the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Grants Pass Unit.
The roadblock near the 4 mile marker on the right fork of Foots Creek Rd remains in place.
ODF Southwest Oregon District fire activity information and current fire prevention regulations are posted online at www.swofire.com.