SALEM, Ore. – ODF has deployed Incident Management Team 2 led by Chris Cline to manage two fires burning in ODF’s Central Oregon District. The Laurel Fire is 5 miles south of Spray. It’s cause is unknown at this time. The lightning-caused Steet Mountain Fire is 9 miles north of Monument. Both were reported yesterday, Aug. 19.
The Steet Mountain Fire was estimated at 450 acres in timber on ODF-protected land and is reported at 77% contained. The Team will inbrief at 2 p.m. this afternoon. Other ODF fires in the District will likely be added to create a Complex under Team 1 overall management.
The Laurel Fire is burning on Bureau of Land Management land but management of the fire will be coordinated by ODF Team 1 under a cooperative agreement. This morning the Laurel Fire was reported at approximately 1,000 acres actively burning in grass with 0% containment.
ODF IMT 1 has demobilized from the Mosier Creek Fire, which is well along in mop up. That fire is again being managed by ODF’s The Dalles Unit in the Central Oregon District.