Size: 133,142 acres
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Estimated Cost to Date: $44.5 million
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Containment: 95 percent
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Injuries: 7
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Total Personnel: 530
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Residences Damaged or Destroyed: 120
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Committed Resources: 10 crews, 32 engines, 2 helicopters, 8
dozers, 17 water tenders, 10 masticators
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CURRENT FIRE SITUATION
Today
firefighters will be working between the fire front and Forest Road (FR) 42
near Cabin Creek, as the fire slowly backs towards the road. The remainder of
the fire area is in patrol and mop up status, as suppression repair continues. Repair activities occurring over the fire
area today include: blading roads, reshaping and covering dozer lines, building
water bars on handlines, removing slash from roads and trails, cleaning up drop
points, and repairing fences cut by firefighters.
Burned
area emergency response (BAER) teams are beginning to assess burned areas to
determine what measures are necessary to start the post-burn recovery process.
BAER objectives include minimizing threats to life and/or property, and
preventing further degradation to critical natural and cultural resources
resulting from effects of wildfire.
WEATHER AND FIRE BEHAVIOR
This
morning will be cloudy with light rain, and snow above 5,000 feet elevation,
followed by partial clearing and then a chance of snow above 5,000 feet. Precipitation amounts will range from .05 to
.15 inches over the mountains.
Temperatures will be in the high 60s at lower elevations and low 50s
above 4,000 feet. Minimum relative
humidity is expected to be 40% to 50% in valleys and 50% to 60% above 4,000 feet. Winds will be light and variable, 1 to 3 mph
in the morning, becoming southerly 6 to 10 mph by midday. On the ridges winds will be light and
variable, 3 to 6 mph in the morning, becoming south 6 to 10 mph by late
morning, with gusts to 8 mph.
Interior
fuels will continue to ignite and burn, producing visible smoke until
significant rain or snow falls.
SAFETY
Forest
Service roads on the west side of the fire within the area closure (see below)
are closed to the public. Law-enforcement personnel are enforcing road
closures, which are identified with a sign or barricade. Although not every
closed road is staffed, fire managers ask the public to respect the closures
for firefighter and public safety.
EVACUATIONS AND ROAD CLOSURES
·
Call
the Okanogan County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 509-422-7348 to report
primary residences that were damaged or destroyed in this year’s wildfires. The
EOC also provides information on evacuations and road closures https://www.facebook.com/Okanogan.County.Emergency.Management
·
The
Okanogan/ Wenatchee National Forest issued an area closure, effective September
4, 2015, for National Forest lands in the fire area: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4534/29367/ or http://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/okawen/alerts-notices
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