Today, the Pacific Northwest Team 3
Incident Management Team led by Incident Commander Ed Lewis is “shadowing” the Washington
Incident Management Team 2 currently managing suppression on the fire. This team will assume management of the fire.
Six Hot Shot crews and five Type II
crews are deployed in the steep, rocky fire area and are successfully
corralling the fire at the northern, northeast, and southeast portions of the
fire. Firefighters continue to construct
line directly at the edge of the fire.
In addition to steep rocky terrain,
firefighters are faced with an abundance of dead snags. Yesterday, a falling
snag caused a minor injury to a firefighter.
The firefighter was evaluated at a local medical facility and
released.
Ground crews continue to be assisted
by helicopters making water drops as needed to cool hot spots. Six helicopters are assigned to the fire. Mechanized equipment including dozers, feller
bunchers, and masticators are improving fire lines on the Loomis State Forest
portion of the fire.
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