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: 500
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Residences Damaged or Destroyed:
120
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Committed Resources: 19 crews, 32 engines,
3 helicopters, 8 dozers, 17 water tenders, 8 masticators
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CURRENT FIRE SITUATION
Firefighters
continue to work between the
fire front and Forest Road (FR) 42 near Cabin Creek, mopping up the fire as it approaches the road. Smoke will
be visible near
the fire perimeter and in the interior, as fuels continue to ignite and burn
until
significant rain or snow falls. The remainder of the fire area is
in patrol and mop up status, as
suppression repair
continues. Repair activities, including 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, continue. Some crews and equipment no longer needed on this fire are being released, making them available
for
assignments on other incidents.
Burned
area emergency response (BAER) teams are in initial stages of assessment of 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
Partly sunny sky throughout the day is predicted. Temperatures will be 69 to 74 degrees in the valleys,
and 54 to 60 degrees
above 4,000 feet
over the fire. Minimum relative humidity is expected to be 22% to 30% in valleys, and
35% to 45% above 4,000 feet. Winds over the
fire will be upslope at 1 to 4
mph
this morning,
switching to
south/southwest 2 to 5 mph in the afternoon. Ridge top wind
will be southwest at 8 to 12 mph in the afternoon, gusting to 16 mph.
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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