MERLIN, Ore. – The Garner Complex, made up of 12 fires in Josephine County, grew in the past 24 hours by about 700 acres. It’s size was estimated this morning at 960 acres. More than 540 personnel are engaged on the fires, including ODF’s Incident Management Team 2. The team is directing operations from the Incident Command Post at the BLM Sprague Seed Orchard in Merlin, Ore.
Ground and aerial resources are being used to fight the fires, which were caused by lightning. This morning there were nine fire engines, two water tenders, seven dozers, eight helicopters and 18 hand crews assigned to the fire. With dozens of wildfires in southern Oregon and five other incident management teams from different agencies deployed in the region, finding fire crews, air support and equipment is a challenge.
The team managing the fires plan to fully contain the smaller fires in the complex, construct firelines around the larger ones and keep looking for any new fires in the area.
Among the fires in the complex are the Grave Creek Fires, Spencer Creek Fires and Pleasant Creek Fire.
For more information about the Garner Complex fires, go online to https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5935/