HORSE PRAIRIE FIRE
August 31, 10:00 P.M.
Camas Valley, Oregon – The Horse Prairie Fire is one of 15 large wildfires burning in Oregon. The significance of this relates to the limited number of firefighting resources available to meet suppression objectives. While this fire has over 900 people assigned, there continues to be a need for additional crews and engines. The fire is now estimated at 7,400 acres and remains 15 percent contained.
Firefighters are hopeful that the smoke lifts enough to allow aircraft to begin flying early in the day. While the weather has moderated slightly, the fire remains active. An excessive heat watch with temperatures near 100 degrees is expected over the weekend.
Firefighters on the night shift had some success with burnout operations, removing forest fuels and slowing the fire’s momentum between containment lines and the main fire’s edge.
A Level 3 evacuation notification remains in effect for Lower Cow Creek Road from the end of County Maintenance to Union Creek, including residents living on Doe Creek Road. (See map) The local fire departments have posted a fire engine at all nine affected homes in the evacuation area. Two outbuildings have been destroyed.
Road and area closures also remain in effect in and around the fire area. The public is asked to stay clear of the area for their safety as well as the safety of firefighters.
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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