LAKEVIEW, Ore. – Containment on the Patton Meadow Fire is now at 70%. Crews are gridding the fire’s perimeter and increasing the rind by digging out and applying water to hot spots. The majority of containment efforts are along the north perimeter of the fire along Cottonwood Road. Several additional crews have been assigned to accelerate the mop up activities in this area. Fallers are working ahead of crews to remove hazard trees for the safety of hand crews performing mop up operations.
Along the west, south, and east perimeters, mop up efforts continue further into the black to meet containment objectives. Crews continue to grid the green to locate any spot fires outside the fire perimeter. In areas where containment is complete, efforts are ramping up to remove hose lays and repair areas impacted by fire containment efforts. Unneeded equipment will be hauled off the fire line. As the firefighting effort winds down, more crews will be demobilizing and heading home or onto other fire assignments.
The National Guard continues assisting with traffic control for the safety of firefighters and the public. We thank them for their contributions throughout this firefighting effort.
Today’s forecast calls for a mid-level trough moving into the region that will increase cloud cover, cooling high temperatures slightly and keeping afternoon humidity around 15-20%. Southwest winds around 10 miles per hour in the morning will increase to 15 miles per hour with gusts of 20-25 miles per hour in the afternoon.
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