Due to the rapid growth
of the fire, the Hart Mountain Hot Springs Campground was evacuated Tuesday
evening. Multiple agencies deployed fire resources to the incident and
suppressed the blaze with air tankers, helicopters, engines, and dozers.
Firefighters remained overnight to protect structures and resources in the
area. Containment of the fire has been achieved and crews will continue mop-up
operations today.
Firefighters also responded to the McCarty
Fire located 7 miles east of Alkali Lake on the Lakeview District BLM,
Lakeview Resource Area. The 980 acre fire was burning in dry grass and
sagebrush. Engines, air support and hand crews responded to reduce fire growth.
Efforts today will continue for full containment.
The South Central Oregon
Fire Management Partnership is an interagency fire management program that
provides comprehensive wildland fire service to south central Oregon and
northwest Nevada. The partnership strives to achieve a more efficient,
effective and integrated interagency fire management program for all
participating agencies on the lands administered and protected by each agency.
Participating agencies
include: Fremont-Winema National Forest, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Lakeview District, Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex,
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Crater Lake National Park and
state lands protected by the Klamath-Lake District of the Oregon Department of
Forestry (ODF).
For
more information, contact Fire Information Officer Sarah Saarloos with the
South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership at 541-219-0515 or ssaarloos@fs.fed.us . Daily wildfire
information, maps and social media links can be found at SCOFMP Blog:
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