The Oregon Dept. of Forestry (ODF) Friday afternoon mobilized a fire team to manage a group of lightning-caused wildfires in Douglas County called the Douglas Complex. ODF’s Incident Management Team 2 will take over the fire suppression effort from the Douglas Forest Protective Association (DFPA) on Saturday morning, July 26. The incident command post will be located at the Glendale High School in the community of Glendale.
Thunderstorms Friday morning ignited 52 fires on DFPA’s protection jurisdiction. The lightning-started blazes range from less than an acre up to several hundred acres in size.
No homes or other structures are currently threatened by the fires.