Fire
Information:
877-568-0458 or 877-574-5148, 7:00
AM to 9:00 PM
Okanogan Complex Chelan Complex
Size: 148,576 acres Size:
88,684 acres
Containment: 85 percent Containment: 75 percent
Estimated Cost to Date: 36.9 million Estimated Cost to Date: $17.9 M
Injuries: 7 Injuries:
9
Residences Damaged or Destroyed: 123 Residences Damaged or Destroyed:
23
Total Personnel: 1,232 Total Personnel: 629
Committed Resources: 25 crews, 63 engines, 9 helicopters
17 dozers, 23 water tenders, 9 skidgines, 7
masticators
CURRENT FIRE SITUATION
Committed Resources: 11 crews, 37 engines, 5 dozers,
14 water tenders, 4 skidgines, 1 masticator
Yesterday, firefighters completed work in many areas to increase fire-perimeter containment on both complexes. California Interagency Incident Management Team 5 (CIIMT 5),
under the command of Mike Minton, would like to thank cooperators and
community members
for
their support throughout the suppression efforts. CIIMT 5 will transfer command of
the Okanogan and Chelan
Complexes tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. to a type 2 incident management team—
Pacific Northwest
Team 3—and a NIMO (National Incident Management Organization). CIIMT 5 will
assume command of
the Tunk Block and North Star
Fires tomorrow at 6:00 a.m.
OKANOGAN COMPLEX
The
Lime Belt Fire, which encompasses the
Beaver Lake Fire, is 132,634 acres and 75 percent contained. Containment on
northwest trip of the fire is
almost complete, and firefighters expect to finish mopping up
the area today. Portions of
the
western side remain uncontained
because crews have been unable to conduct firing operations
between an indirect
dozer line and the fire perimeter near
Forest Road (FR) 42.
However, the fire is not threatening to escape the fireline,
which is secure. Crews are prepared
to
conduct the defensive firing operation when weather and fuel conditions are favorable. Firefighters
continue to remove fire-weakened
hazard trees along FR 42. On the northeast side, firefighters are
mopping up and patrolling the canyon rim to keep the fire from spreading into the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area. Crews on the southern
end are mopping up,
patrolling, and assisting the suppression-repair group.
CHELAN COMPLEX
The fire continues
to be minimally active on the northwest tip near Saint Luise Creek and is being monitored
by air. Aircraft are also monitoring the southern
half of the fire. On the
northern half,
firefighters
continue to mop up the fire
perimeter and
repair areas affected by fire-suppression efforts.
EVACUATIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES
· The Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest issued an
area closure, effective September 4, 2015, for federal
lands
in the fire area: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4534/29367/ or http://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/okawen/alerts-notices
· Okanogan County Emergency Operations Center provides information on evacuations and road closures:
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