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Above: Smoke obscures the sky
above fire personnel tents in the Garner Complex
incident command post in Merlin, Ore. |
The north, east and west sides of the Garner Complex are holding well according to the ODF Incident Management Team in command of the fire. The south side of the fire was the last place where control lines were built so has more heat close to those lines. Remaining fire crews are methodically mopping up and ensuring that heat sources are cooled well inside the fire perimeter. Plans are already in the works for suppression repair work. A significant number of personnel, fire engines, water tenders and aircraft have moved to more active wildfires.
With the Taylor Creek Fire now being managed by an interagency team, the size of the Complex is stable at 8,886 acres.
Air quality in many parts of Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and Lake counties remains unhealthy for sensitive groups to unhealthy for anyone. Statewide air quality results can be seen at https://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/
Ignition date: July15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Personnel: 1,872
Containment: 65%
South Umpqua Complex – southern Douglas and northern Jackson counties
ODF, Douglas Forest Protective Association, the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are sharing helicopters, crews, camps, strategies, and radio frequencies in order to more effectively and efficiently suppress fires in the South Umpqua Complex.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Acres burned: 14,196
Containment: 16%
Personnel: 1,281
Fires in the Complex include:
Miles Fire – crews will continue to hold and improve control lines on and near the 1610 road along the north side of the fire. Mop up and snag mitigation will continue. Snags in the fire area and along the roads are significant safety hazards. Many of the snags are left from the Timbered Rock Fire of 2002. Firing operations will be used where needed as weather permits. There has been active fire toward the southeast with spotting up to a half mile east toward Gobblers Knob.
Snowshoe Fire – personnel continue hose lays into areas that are inaccessible by fire engines and are mopping up within 200 to 300 feet from the outer edge. On the north side, crews are chipping larger piles of brush that were created during fireline construction. Equipment is being back hauled and repositioned for reuse.
Columbus Fire -mop-up continues along the western edge while preparation and burnout operations will be underway along the north side. Crews will continue to prep and improve lines on the south side. On the northern edge a slop over was secured and no more spots were detected outside the line.Other recent wildfires
Klondike Fire – Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
A community meeting is being held tonight at 6 p.m. in Selma at the Selma Center to inform residents about this fire. Burning primarily in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, this lightning-caused fire is now sized at 17,987 acres and is only 5% contained. Fire crews are patrolling control lines on the fire’s east side and looking to keep spot fires from establishing across the Illinois River. Structures are threatened and evacuations are in effect, with some road and area closures.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Personnel: 403
Containment: 5%
Containment on Long Hollow Fire reaches 95%
There is minimal fire behavior and no new growth on the Long Hollow Fire. The fire scorched 33,451, acres in Wasco and Sherman counties in north-central Oregon before it was stopped. Long Hollow is not far from the Boxcar and Substation wildfires. Together, these three have burned over 200,000 acres in north-central Oregon, making that part of the state one of the hardest hit by wildfire so far this year. Almost none of the land burned was protected by ODF.
Fire restrictions reflect high to extreme fire danger
