Okanogan Complex and Chelan Complex Fire Update
September 1, 2015,
Fire Information: 877-568-0458 or 877-574-5148, 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Okanogan Complex Chelan Complex
Size: 144,179 acres Size:
92,516 acres
Containment: 40 percent Containment:
50 percent
Estimated Cost to Date: $13.74 million Estimated Cost to Date: $11.9 million
Injuries: 6 Injuries: 8
Residences Burned: assessment in progress Residences Burned: 21
Total Personnel: 1,244 Total Personnel: 682
Committed Resources: 22 crews, 99 engines,
16 dozers, 27 water tenders, 4 helicopters
CURRENT FIRE SITUATION
Committed Resources: 11 crews, 45 engines, 6 dozers,
23 water tenders, 8 helicopters
Last night, firefighters
continued to protect structures and strengthen
the perimeter by improving existing
firelines on both the
Okanogan and Chelan complexes. The relative humidity today across the fire area
will be lower than yesterday, and southwest winds will be 10–15 mph, with winds
gusting up to 25 mph. There is potential for light showers this afternoon.
OKANOGAN COMPLEX
Lime Belt Fire (128,237 acres, 15 percent contained): Due to the critically dry, isolated pockets of
heat near the northern
and western
perimeters,
firefighters will continue to use dozers
to construct fireline.
Aircraft will assist crews on the ground as they work to limit the
fire’s
spread north toward Loomis. Crews are still working aggressively to ensure the fire is mopped
up around structures.
Twisp River Fire (11,222 acres, 98 percent contained)
and Nine Mile Fire (4,720 acres, 98 percent contained): Crews are
starting suppression repair on the Twisp River Fire today: cutting down
snags, knocking down berms
and windrows,
and starting to repair
roads.
Firefighters on the Nine Mile fire will remove equipment today.
CHELAN COMPLEX
Last night the fire spread slightly to the north. Today,
firefighters will
use helicopters to drop water on the north and
northwest sides of the
fire in the Hungry Mountain area where the fire is most active.
They will continue constructing
fireline, using a more direct approach when
conditions are favorable and it is safe to do so. Firefighters will continue
structure protection work in the Gold Creek and McFarland Creek areas. Most of the Chelan Complex is
in mop-up and patrol status.
PUBLIC MEETING
California
Team 5 will participate in a public meeting about the Chelan Fire this evening at 7:00 pm at the Brewster High
School.
EVACUATIONS
Information on evacuations is available from the Okanogan County Emergency Operations
Center at
509-422-7348 and on its Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Okanogan.County.Emergency.Management.
ROAD CLOSURES
Many firefighters and equipment are working along the roads. Please
stay alert and slow down when
driving through the fire area. Information on road closures is
available from the Okanogan County Emergency Operations
Center at 509-422-
7348 and on its
Facebook page (link above). Additional information about closures
is available from the Washington
State Department of Transportation at
www.wsdot.com/traffic/trafficalerts.
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