Okanogan Complex Chelan Complex
Size: 148,780 acres Size:
93,896 acres
Containment: 65 percent Containment:
75 percent
Estimated Cost to Date: 33.9 million Estimated Cost to Date: $16.9 million
Injuries: 7 Injuries: 9
Residences Damaged or Destroyed: 123 Residences Damaged or Destroyed:
23
Total Personnel: 1,107 Total Personnel: 704
Committed Resources: 16 crews, 72 engines, 9 helicopters
11 dozers, 22 water tenders, 9 skidgines, 1 masticator
OKANOGAN COMPLEX
Committed Resources: 11 crews, 57 engines, 5 dozers,
14 water tenders, 4 skidgines, 1 masticator
Lime Belt Fire
(132,838 acres, 60 percent contained): Yesterday firefighters attempted
a burning
operation off
Forest
Road (FR) 42, but the high humidity and cloudy skies hampered
burning. A firing operation is considered successful if
it adequately burns the
surface fuels, creating “clean
black” and giving the main fire nothing to consume.
East of
FR 42, where the weather and fuel conditions were
more conducive for defensive firing, crews burned all
remaining small
pockets of fuel between the fire’s edge and
an established
dozer line.
On the northwest side of the fire, skidgines
assisted firefighters in their mop-up efforts. Skidgines have a water-holding capacity of eight hundred to twenty-five hundred gallons. They can traverse terrain that an engine cannot, providing a close source of water to firefighters and reducing the amount of hose needed
as they mop-up far from roads. Starting today, all of the tree-falling crews
will be
working for
several days along FR 42, cutting down hundreds of fire-weakened
hazard trees to ensure public safety when the road is reopened.
Twisp River Fire (11,222 acres, 98 percent contained)
and Nine Mile Fire (4,720 acres, 98 percent contained): Firefighters
expect to finish suppression-repair
work on the Twisp
Fire today. They will then focus on repairing areas of the Nine Mile Fire damaged by fire-suppression efforts.
CHELAN COMPLEX
The fire did not grow significantly yesterday.
It
continues to burn
slowly downslope toward the Saint Luise Creek drainage
on the northwest side of
the fire.
Aircraft water drops will be used to prevent the fire from crossing the creek due to the
area being unsafe for firefighters to access on the ground. Elsewhere on the
fire, crews
are
patrolling and mopping up along the perimeter and around structures. Firefighters in the suppression-repair group continue to repair
dozer lines. Last night was the last night crews will
be working a night shift on this fire.
EVACUATIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES
· Okanogan County Emergency Operations Center provides information on evacuations and road closures:
· Washington State Department of Transportation provides additional
information about road closures:
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