Tunk Block Fire: Firefighters continue to improve
constructed fire line and mop-up in the large unburned “island” in Tunk
Valley and in areas along the east side of the fire. Crews are
continuing to mop up any remaining heat near containment lines.
North Star Fire: Crews continue to mop-up hot areas
around the fire perimeter. Additional efforts are occurring in the
Nanamkin Creek area to hold the fireline that was recently completed in
this area.
Both Fires: The Tunk Block and North Star Fires
are both very large. The fires combined are approximately 600 square
miles. That is equivalent to approximately one third the size of the
Grand Canyon. It is approximately 600 miles from Seattle to Redding,
California. Smoke will likely be visible as Interior pockets continue to
smolder and burn.
Crews are actively mapping the extensive network of dozer line on the
fires perimeters and the external contingency lines built beyond the
fire perimeters. Firefighters have completed suppression repair on four
miles of dozer lines. The suppression repair effort will continue for
several weeks.
The Washington Wildfire Response 2015 Joint Task Force 15-011 will be
leaving the fires today and tomorrow. Agency Administrators and
California Interagency Incident Management Team 1 would like to thank
the military for their support in suppression of the Eastern Washington
fires.
Weather: After today’s predicted light shower, the weather is to be warmer and dryer through the weekend.
Evacuations: All evacuations have been changed to Evacuation level 1.
Closures: The Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville
National Forests have closures encompassing the entire fire areas and
adjacent forested areas. Other areas outside of the burned areas remain
open to recreation, hunting and woodcutting. Colville Indian Reservation
forest and recreational areas within the fires are closed. See the maps
at http://tinyurl.com/OkaWen-Closure-Map and http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3854418.pdf
Donation Information: The Long Term Recovery Group
is accepting donations to benefit anyone affected by the Eastern
Washington fires. They are located at 41 Apple Way in Okanogan (the
formal Tribal Bingo Hall) http://www.cfncw.org/fire/. The Red Cross also accepts donations (1-800-Red-Cross).
This page is designed to provide for timely and official fire information about wildland fires across the Pacific Northwest. The information is posted by the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center in partnership with Public Information Officers that work for federal, state and local fire agencies and is drawn from official sources within the wildland fire community.
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