Wednesday, August 19, 2020

8/19/2020 Chief Timothy Fire Update

 

Colton, WA - The Chief Timothy Fire is located about 5 miles west of Clarkston, WA in the Snake River canyon. It started on Sunday August 16 and has burned approximately 1,400 acres of rangeland (grass and brush). No homes are threatened.

Crews spent yesterday reinforcing control lines. Where conditions allowed (not too steep, etc.), crews extinguished any remaining hot spots within 50 feet of the fire control line. Fast moving thunderstorms passed over the fire yesterday afternoon and early this morning with no change to estimated containment or acres.

There are no evacuation orders in place or expected.

Today  Crews will continue to extinguish hot spots to expand the fire line to 100 feet where terrain and conditions are safe. 
 
 Incident Start date:  8/16/20

Incident approximate size:  1,400 estimate

Fire Containment:  80% contained,  100% lined

Assigned resources on scene:  Hand crews : 2
                                             Engines: 10

Total personnel on incident:  95

Estimated incident containment date:  8/20/20

Fire Cause:  Human

Evacuation orders:  None

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