This Update Covers the Carlton Complex’s EAST
ZONE
Fire crews made significant progress in the East Zone of the
Carlton Complex on Friday and plan to concentrate resources this weekend on the
Sullivan Creek drainage, where the fire has the greatest potential to grow in
drier, hotter weather.
Yesterday’s Accomplishments: Firefighters have established solid line
from the mouth of the Okanogan River to North Cook Mountain Road. Aerial
resources — including a helitanker and fixed-wing aircraft known as a “scooper”
— dropped foam retardant and water along the fire line from North Cook Mountain
Road to Sullivan Creek to cool hot spots as hand crews installed hose line,
mopped up and improved the line in the steep, rugged terrain south of Woody
Mountain.
Today’s Activities: The goal today is to hold and fortify lines cut by hand crews and
dozers over the past several days. Resources will focus on Sullivan Creek and
other drainages along the north flank of the fire, where the fire is most
likely to test lines.
Emergency Relief Information Needed: The Okanogan County Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) at Okanogan High School is asking residents with fire damage
claims to call the center and let emergency officials know whether or not they
are insured. The EOC can be reached at 509-422-2422, 509-422-2428 or
509-422-2420.
Damage Estimates: Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers announced Friday that the
fire has destroyed 300 homes. Firefighters escorted four teams from the
Okanogan County Assessor’s Office on physical inspections of burned areas and
used property tax records to confirm the numbers of damaged properties.
Utility Work: Okanogan County Public Utility District
workers are replacing power poles and restoring telephone and internet
communications where fire severely damaged the utility infrastructure.
Evacuation levels: Fire managers and the sheriff have
determined that several residential areas along Highway 20 should remain at
Evacuation Level 2 until risk changes. Evacuation levels for specific roads are
posted on the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Facebook page and the Carlton Complex
blogspot.
Carlton Complex Overview: Three incident management teams and a National Incident
Management Organization are managing the fire in three zones, with incident
camps at Omak, Winthrop and Chelan. About 900 firefighters are assigned to the
East Zone of the fire. The fire is 250,514 acres with 59 percent containment.
The 2,932 people assigned include 82 crews, 186 engines, 22 dozers, 48 water
tenders and 17 helicopters.
Road conditions: For updated road conditions, contact the Washington Department of
Transportation (www.wsdot.com or call 511).
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