Firefighters continued to work in the Little River area with heavy machinery, engines and crews, working to construct and hold containment lines. Structure protection resources remain in place along Little River Road. On the far eastern portion of the fire, crews are allowing the fire to slowly back down the hillside to Panther Creek where roads have been prepped to hold the fire. Heading north from Highway 138E, firefighters are scouting and constructing both primary and secondary containment lines from the Canton Creek area into the Upper Rock Creek area. Containment lines from South Calapooya Creek down to Glide continue to hold with no reported issues.
Suppression efforts on the Archie Creek Fire were boosted today by an additional 125 personnel from the Oregon National Guard. These soldiers are being used to hold containment lines around the perimeter of the fire and mop-up hot spots near structures. Total personnel assigned to the incident is now 773 people.
Air resources were grounded again today due to safety concerns presented by the thick smoke. Four helicopters and two Single Engine Air Tankers remain available in the area for use when the smoke clears.
Highway 138E remains closed to all non-fire traffic from Milepost 21 through Milepost 83. Crews from the Oregon Department of Transportation, Douglas County Public Works Department, Pacific Power and their contractors continue to work along Highway 138E, Rock Creek Road and other county maintained roads within the footprint of the Archie Creek Fire.
The Archie Creek Fire has burned 125,498 acres and is 20% contained. The breakdown of acres by ownership include:
- 62,623 acres of Private lands
- 38,536 acres of BLM lands
- 24,300 acres of USFS lands
- 39 acres of State of Oregon lands
InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7176/