Paradise Fire Update, July 3, 2015

Attached please find the July 3 Daily Update for the Paradise Fire. This attachment is formatted to one page for printing and posting. For mobile device users, the text is included below.

Also included is a current infrared map and a Spanish language version of the update.

Paradise Fire Update 

 

July 3, 2015

For Immediate Release
360-797-5366

 

The Paradise Fire generated considerable smoke visible from the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center and local communities on Thursday, as the warm temperatures, low humidity, and dry conditions created favorable fire conditions. Relative humidity reached its lowest point of the week at 31%. Vegetation in the Paradise Creek drainage and around an un-named creek immediately to the east were the locations of the most active burning. Both creeks flow off of Pelton Peak on the northern portion of the fire. Crews have been successful in confining the fire north of the Queets River and to the west end of the existing fire perimeter.

 

The weather forecast calls for continued warm and dry conditions favorable for fire activity in the late afternoon and early evening. Smoke is expected to impact local communities in the coming days. The public is advised to monitor fire information sources for the latest news on the fire, and general smoke information may be obtained from www.WAsmoke.blogspot.com.

 

With the July 4^th holiday weekend here, Olympic National Park officials would like to remind the public that there is a ban on open fires in the park's wilderness backcountry, including all locations along the coast. Campfires are permitted only in established fire grates at established front country campgrounds. Camp stoves may still be used in the park's wilderness backcountry, but should be operated well away from flammable vegetation and forest litter. Because of the extreme conditions on the peninsula, Olympic National Forest has also implemented fire restrictions. Fireworks are illegal on federal and state lands. Check local regulations for other recreation areas. Olympic peninsula communities welcome visitors, and ask people to celebrate and recreate responsibly, keeping fire danger in mind.

 

Information on this fire is available on Inciweb at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4305/. For real time information, visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paradise-Fire/831205013596015.  For current information about visiting Olympic National Park, as well as information about the history and role of fire in the Olympic ecosystem, please visit the park's website at http://www.nps.gov/olym.

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Paradise Fire Information Staff

360-797-5366