Oregon Department of Forestry
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Fire Protection Public Information Officer
24-hour contact # 503-945-7425
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Fire Update for Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018
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Light winds today at South Valley Fire should result in lower fire behavior
Firefighters continue to strengthen containment lines and extinguish hot spots 25' or more interior from those lines. Unburned interior pockets of fuel will be assessed today and measures taken to reduce the threat of embers igniting them.
With the majority of the fire's heat located in the Winslow Rd. area, a hose line was put in place to assist firefighters with mopping up those areas. The north and east flanks of the fire continue to cool and firefighters will be assessing those containment lines for strength and mopping up the perimeters.
With the risk to structures reduced, structure protection task forces will begin to demobilize today, with the last task force anticipating being released tomorrow morning. The Oregon State Fire Marshal has reported a total of 14 structures destroyed (three primary structures and eleven outbuildings).
Aviation resources today will continue to support firefighters by using retardant and helicopter water drops. Firefighters will continue to monitor for hazards which include snags, smoldering tree stump pits and heavy duff.
Ignition date: Aug. 1, 2018
Cause: Human
Acres burned: 21,730
Personnel: 602
Containment: 20%
Fire growth is expected as winds change at Sugar Pine Fire
As inversions lift and winds change, fire behavior is likely to become more active.
Today, firefighters will continue to provide structure protection along Elk Creek Road and will be initiating protection assessments on the homes that are in the Level 3 Evacuation area along Ulrich Road.
Additionally, firefighters will be reinforcing constructed firelines northward along Forest Road 6640 and will directly attack any spot fires if they develop. Firefighters are continuing to flow in to help from around the country. Recently, crews have arrived from as far away as Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania.
Unified Command now includes the Oregon Dept. of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office. In addition, the Oregon National Guard, Jackson County Sheriff, Oregon State Patrol, Army Corps of Engineers and Oregon State Parks are also integrated in this effort. The Northern Rockies Incident Management Team will continue the work to minimize the impact of these fires to private lands, the public and natural resources.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
ODF resources arrive at South Umpqua Fire
A national Type 1 team along with Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) command and general staff has been in-briefed and will assume command of both the South Umpqua Complex and Sugar Pine and Goodview Fires on Sunday. ODF resources will work specifically on private and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands and the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) Office is bringing teams to assist with structure protection.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Acres burned: 23,726
Containment: 18%
Personnel: 1,032
Garner Creek Fire sees decreasing fire activity
Hard work gets results. The difficult, dangerous work happening on the Garner Complex is getting the job done. On each shift hand crews seek and extinguish more and more hot spots. When all the hot spots have been mopped up, that section of the fire is placed in patrol status.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Acres burned: 8,886
Containment: 75%
Personnel: 1,065
Taylor Creek Fire - Josephine County
This lightning-caused fire has grown to 36,406 acres. ODF is a cooperating agency on this fire, which is being managed by Northwest IMT #2 and the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Blue Team.
Ignition date: July 15, 2018
Cause: Lightning
Acres burned: 36,406
Personnel: 1,154
Containment: 34%
Klondike Fire - Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Fire size is now at 25,873 acres. Containment remains at 5%.
Nearby is the Natchez Fire. Burning 15 miles southeast of Cave Junction, that fire is reported at 9,463 acres with containment unchanged at 25%.
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About this update
This update provides information chiefly about fires 10 acres or larger on land protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry. ODF provides fire protection on 16.2 million acres of private and state-owned forestland, and Bureau of Land Management forestlands west of the Cascades. ODF works closely with federal and local firefighting agencies to prevent and suppress fires.
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