7/26/2014 Buzzard Complex and Camp Creek Fire Updates

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

Update:   Saturday, July 26, 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:                           90 percent

Cause:                                      Lightning
Date Started:                            7/23/2014

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

Engines:                                    0

Total Personnel:                         44

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

Excellent progress was made toward containment utilizing crews and aviation assets.

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:                 3

Helicopters:                               2

Engines:                                    12

Dozers:                                     6

Total Personnel:                         321

Fire Information:
Rehabilitation continued today.

Fire Weather:

A marked warming trend and very low relative humidity will build on Saturday.  General winds will be light, so terrain-driven wind will prevail.