7/27/2014 7:52 am Buzzard and Camp Creek Fire Updates

Contact:  Fire Information Office                                               Phone: (541) 493-2105 

Update:   Sunday, July 27, 2014 – 0800             

CAMP CREEK FIRE                  http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4000/

Current Status:The fire is located approximately 9 miles SE of Juntura, OR.  Brian J. Watts' Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team 4 assumed command at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, 2014.

Estimated Acreage:                   6,274 acres

Containment:                           95 percent

Cause:                                      Lightning
Date Started:                            7/23/2014

Resources on the Fire:
20-person fire crews:                               2

Total Personnel:                                     42

Fire Information:
All of the acres burned within the Camp Creek Fire are primary sage grouse habitat.

BUZZARD COMPLEX                 http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3951/

Current Status:
The fires are located 45 SE of Burns, OR.  The Buzzard Complex is currently managed by Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team 4 (Brian J. Watts).

Estimated Acreage:                   395,747

Containment:                           95 percent

Cause:                                      Lightning
Date Started:                            7/14/2014

Resources on the Fire:
20-person fire crews:                  4

Helicopters:                                4

Engines:                                    12

Dozers:                                      6

Total Personnel:                        331

Fire Information:
Transition of the Buzzard Complex and Camp Creek Fire back to the home unit is scheduled for July 28, 2014.

Fire Weather:

Hot, dry and increasingly unstable air will be in place on Sunday.  Terrain-driven wind will prevail during the peak burning period.