Size: 133,142 acres
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Estimated Cost to Date: $44.5 million
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Containment: 95 percent
|
Injuries: 7
|
Total Personnel: 442
|
Residences Damaged or Destroyed:
120
|
Committed Resources: 8 crews, 23 engines,
1 helicopter,
7 dozers, 15 water tenders,
8 masticators
|
CURRENT FIRE SITUATION
Firefighters have completed all
suppression work on this fire.
Smoke will continue to be visible near
the fire
perimeter and in the
interior,
as fuels ignite and burn until significant rain or snow falls. Parts of the fire area
remain in patrol and mop up status,
and most suppression repair work is finished. Effective 6:00 AM today, this team (Washington Interagency Incident Management Team 5) assumed
command of
the Chelan Complex. All
fire suppression is complete on the Chelan Complex. Effective 6:00 AM Monday, September 21, management of both the Okanogan Complex and the Chelan Complex will be assumed by the California
Interagency Incident
Management Team 1.
WEATHER AND FIRE BEHAVIOR
Mostly cloudy sky throughout the day is predicted. Temperatures will be 70 to 77 degrees
in the valleys, and 53
to
63 degrees above 4,000 feet over the fire. Minimum relative humidity is expected
to
be 28% to 38% in valleys, and
50% to 60% 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 south to
southwest at 8 to 12 mph in the afternoon, gusting to 15
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 area closure, effective September 4, 2015, for National Forest lands in the fire
area
has been rescinded and replaced by a new closure order effective September 17,
2015. The new order is available at: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4534/29987/ or http://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/okawen/alerts-notices
This is the final
update for
this
complex from the Washington Interagency Incident Management
Team 5. For additional
information about this fire, see:
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4534/
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