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| Above: Smoke haze hangs over a section of the Sugar Pine Fire in southern Oregon. |
ODF Incident Management Team 1 is transferring in stages today from the Garner Complex to the Sugar Pine-South Umpqua Complex. The complex of fires in southeastern Douglas County has burned a combined area of almost 30,000 acres, including several thousand acres of forestlands protected by ODF. They will now be managed in unified command by ODF and a Northwest interagency team.
A team brought in from Florida is taking control of the Garner Complex, which is in final mop up and remains unchanged at 8,886 acres.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Acres burned: 29,567
Personnel: About 2,000
Firefighters make good progress on South Valley Fire despite overnight winds
Firefighters make good progress on South Valley Fire despite overnight winds
ODF’s Incident Management Team 2 joined unified command of the fire yesterday with the Green Team from the Office of the Oregon State Fire Marshal.
Firefighters made good progress on the fire overnight despite strong winds. Unexpected easterly winds pushed the fire across control lines where it caused some fast runs in lighter fuels. Fire crews and dozers, with support of farmers, were able to stop the fire’s spread.
All other sections of the fire are reported to look favorable this morning. Crews will continue reinforcing control lines by extinguishing hotspots. Some 172 homes are threatened by the fire and evacuations are in place. Structure protection task forces will continue to work around homes assessing for damage as well as mopping up.
A community meeting will be held at 6 p.m. tonight at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center, 402 E. Scenic Dr. in The Dalles.
Ignition date: Aug. 1, 2018
Cause: Human
Acres burned: Estimated at 20,000
Personnel: 488
Containment: 20%
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Klondike Fire – Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Other recent fires
Taylor Creek Fire – Josephine County
This lightning-caused fire has grown to 33,591 acres. ODF is a cooperating agency on this fire, which is being managed by Northwest IMT # 2 and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Blue Team.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Acres burned: 33,591
Personnel: 1,154
Containment: 34%
Left: Control lines help keep fire away from a home threatened by the Taylor Fire in southwest Oregon.
Klondike Fire – Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Fire size is now at 23,460 acres. Containment remains at 5%.
Nearby is the Natchez Fire. Burning 15 miles southeast of Cave Junction, that fire is reported at 8,432 acres with containment unchanged at 15%.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Personnel: 412
Containment: 5%
High to extreme fire danger across Oregon
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