PRESS RELEASE
ROWENA FIRE UPDATE:
AUGUST 6TH, 2014, 2:00 PM
Management of the Rowena Fire is now being conducted by a Unified Command
between Oregon
Department of Forestry and
the Oregon State Fire Marshall’s
Office.
The
Incident Command
post has been set up at Mid-Columbia Fire
and Rescue, 1400
West
8th Street,
The Dalles, OR.
Highway 30 is now
closed between The Dalles Country Club and Rowena;
however, the closure
could expand
as the fire progresses. Citizens are asked
to keep away from the
area in order to avoid interfering with firefighting operations.
Currently, there
are approximately 275 structures threatened
by
the fire’s spread. A Level III (Go)
evacuation
notice
has been issued
for seventy five residences located
between
the 5500 block of Highway
30 west to the 6200 block of Highway 30. Approximately 200 residences located
between the
4800 block of Highway 30 (Exit 82)
west to the 5500 block of Highway 30, including Murray’s Addition, Foley
Lakes,
Simonelli
Road,
Tooley Terrace and Adeline Way have been
placed on a Level I (Get
Ready)
evacuation notice. Evacuation notices are being conducted
by
Wasco County Sheriff’s
Office staff and
via the Citizen Alert emergency notification
program. Please register for Citizen Alert
at
The
American Red Cross has
opened a shelter
for residents
displaced by the fire,
located
at the Mosier Grange, 900 4th Street, Mosier.
For
information related to the shelter, please contact
the
American Red Cross at 888-680-1455
or follow @redcrosscascade on
Twitter. Home at Last,
541-296-5189,
is offering sheltering services for
dogs and cats if owners have no
other options for their pets. Livestock
sheltering is
being coordinated by Nan
Wimmers, 541-993-5510.
Please refer
to the official Rowena Fire Facebook page at
“Rowena Fire Oregon – 2014” and Twitter
feed
For
current road closures and evacuation notices, call the
Wasco County Sheriff’s Office
Rowena
Fire hotline at 541-506-2792.
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