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Incendio de Crescent Mountain 15 de agosto de 2018 @ 8:00 a.m. El jueves, 16 de agosto a las 6:30pm se celebrará una reunión pública en el Winthrop Barn (el granero rojo). La dirección es 51 N. Highway 20 en Winthrop. Incendio de Crescent Mountain: aproximadamente 17,075 acres; 37% de contenciónPersonal: 539Punto de origen: Aproximadamente a 21 millas al oeste del pueblo de TwispFecha de inicio: 29 de julio de 2018 Causa: Rayo Incendio de McLeod: 2,800 acres; 0% de contenciónPersonal: 232Punto de origen: Aproximadamente 8 millas al norte de MazamaFecha de inicio: 11 de agosto de 2018Causa: Rayo Actividad actual: Incendio de Crescent Mountain: ayer, los equipos trabajaron para enfriar las áreas de calor cerca de las líneas de fuego en el lado este utilizando helicópteros que vertieron agua cerca de Poplar Flat. El turno de noche siguió comprobando las líneas de fuego, extinguiendo y removiendo materiales combustibles y pusieron en marcha bombas, asegurando aún más...

Summary: A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TODAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING POTENTIAL A weather system today will lead to some cloud buildups and possibly a thunderstorm. The greatest chance for a thunderstorm is east of the fire. If a thunderstorm does occur, gusty outflow winds as high as 40 mph are anticipated to make rapidly changing conditions for firefighters. Changing conditions are anticipated to include active burning on the interior portions of the fire an increase in the potential of spot fires outside of the fire perimeter. If dry lightning occurs with this system, there is an increased chance that the team will need to respond to initial attack fires. Today’s weather will be a heads up situation for firefighters on all area fires. Miles Fire (31,951 acres, 15% contained): Firefighters made great progress on the fire yesterday. A control line has been completed on the entire southern perimeter of the fire from the northwest to the northeast corners. On the northwest...

Miriam Fire Update Fire Information Line: 360-481-0031 August 15, 2018 – 9 a.m. Special Announcements: Evacuation levels around the Rimrock Lake area have been adjusted as of 8-13-2018. Please see the Yakima County Office of Emergency Management Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/yakimacountyoem for a full description. Acres: Miriam Fire – 2,250 acres: Clear Fork Fire - 10 acres Percent Containment: 10% Start Date: 07/30/18 Personnel/Resources: 2-Type 2 IA hand crews, 3-Type 2 hand crews, 1 camp crew, 1 heavy lift helicopter, 1-medium lift helicopter, 1-light lift helicopter, 15 engines, 1 dozer, 6-water tenders, 1 masticator, for 325 total personnel. Location: Two miles east of White Pass Ski Area, within the Goat Rocks Wilderness on the Naches Ranger District, 13 miles east of Packwood, WA. Cause: Lightning Estimated Incident Containment or completion: 9/1/2018 Smoke Information: Smoke is currently being blown into the area from Canada and...

Weather: Today will be mostly sunny becoming partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms in the late afternoon. Winds will be NW at 3-6 mph with gusts up to 10 mph; 15 mph on ridges. Terrain driven upslope/downslope winds will occur with exposed areas having NW wind in the afternoon hours, shifting to NE overnight. Warm, dry weather and smoky skies will continue. Minimum relative humidity will be 30%. Max temperatures: 80-90s in the valleys to mid-80s on the ridges. Yesterday’s Activities: Low intensity hand firing, assisted by aircraft, continued west of the new primary fireline along the south end of the fire. This work is being done to prevent potential spot fires that could cross the fireline to the east. The fireline was connected to the fire burn scar from the 2017 Eclipse Complex on the south, and will tie into the completed containment line at the South Fork Indian Creek on the north. Aircraft assisted in low intensity firing operations to secure the area...

Crescent Mountain Fire August 15, 2018 @ 8:00 a.m. A public meeting will be held on Thursday, August 16 at 6:30pm at the Winthrop Barn (the Red Barn) at 51 N. Highway 20 in Winthrop. Crescent Mountain Fire: 17,075 acres; 37% contained Personnel: 539 Point of Origin: Approximately 21 miles west of Twisp Start Date: July 29, 2018 Cause: Lightning McLeod Fire: 2,800 acres; 0% contained Personnel: 232 Point of Origin: Approximately 8 miles north of Mazama Start Date: August 11, 2018 Cause: Lightning Current Activity: Crescent Mountain Fire: Yesterday, crews worked to cool areas of heat near firelines on the east side of the fire utilizing helicopters with bucket drops near Poplar Flat. The night shift continued checking firelines, mopping up, and running pumps last night, further securing the War Creek and Poplar Flat areas. Today, crews will reinforce established firelines up Scaffold Ridge and Slate Creek. The fire...

Crescent Mountain Fire August 15, 2018 @ 8:00 a.m. A public meeting will be held on Thursday, August 16 at 6:30pm at the Winthrop Barn (the Red Barn) at 51 N. Highway 20 in Winthrop. Crescent Mountain Fire: 17,075 acres; 37% contained Personnel: 539 Point of Origin: Approximately 21 miles west of Twisp Start Date: July 29, 2018 Cause: Lightning McLeod Fire: 2,800 acres; 0% contained Personnel: 232 Point of Origin: Approximately 8 miles north of Mazama Start Date: August 11, 2018 Cause: Lightning Current Activity: Crescent Mountain Fire: Yesterday, crews worked to cool areas of heat near firelines on the east side of the fire utilizing helicopters with bucket drops near Poplar Flat. The night shift continued checking firelines, mopping up, and running pumps last night, further securing the War Creek and Poplar Flat areas. Today, crews will reinforce established firelines up Scaffold Ridge and Slate Creek. The fire...

Horns Mountain Fire Update August 15, 2018, 10:00 am NW Incident Management Team (IMT) 9, Brian Goff, Incident Commander Contact us at: HornsMountainInfo2018@gmail.com Fire Information: 505-302-5008 (GoogleVoice - Leave message for call back) InciWeb Maps and Updates: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6138/ NORTHPORT WA – Yesterday at approximately 2 pm, an aircraft on the Horns Mountain Fire was forced to make a hard landing. The pilot was able to self-extricate and did not suffer serious injury. Incident Commander Brian Goff, said, “We are thankful the pilot was able to walk away from this incident. Firefighting aircraft work closely with ground firefighters to contain fires. They are all part of the team. I admire the skill and bravery they exhibit on every fire.” The Horns Mountain Fire in the Colville National Forest is 838 acres and is 5 percent contained. The fire continues to progress slowly as it burns through heavy dead and down fuels....

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Due to fire activity overnight, the fire is now estimated at approximately 52 acres. The fire is being managed under a full suppression strategy and with the favorable conditions that presented today, crews were able to safely engage in direct attack on the south portion of the fire. This slowed its rate of spread and increased containment to 10%. Today we were fortunate to have a Canadian Helicopter with Rappellers who were able to rappel onto the fire and engage in direct line construction on the south flank of the fire. The team is still actively engaged in developing contingency plans to ensure that the fire impact is minimized in areas threatened.Approximately 40 structures in the area of the fire remain under a Level 1 evacuation (Get Ready). For updated evacuation information, check with the Ferry County Sheriff’s office at www.facebook.com/ferrysheriff/ .Fire information and the incident command post is located at the Curlew School, located in Curlew, WA. Fire information...

Progress continues to be made securing firelines both north and east along the fire’s edge. Sustained, hard work constructing and securing line around the fires helps protect threatened values at risk and provide for firefighter and public safety. Crews have been working along completed line exposing and extinguishing any hot material 300 feet into the fire interior. Efforts are being focused on confining and containing the south and east sides of the Klondike Fire to reduce the potential threat to the communities of Selma and Cave Junction. Progress is reflected in increased containment and a change in the fire line color from red to black on incident maps. On Tuesday night, crews focused on containing and securing the south side of the Klondike Fire to check its southward spread and potential threat to Selma and Cave Junction. This is the area where the fire spotted over the Illinois River last Saturday. Three additional hot shot crews arrived to assist with containment...

Progress continues to be made securing firelines both north and east along the fire’s edge. Sustained, hard work constructing and securing line around the fires helps protect threatened values at risk and provide for firefighter and public safety. Crews have been working along completed line exposing and extinguishing any hot material 300 feet into the fire interior. Efforts are being focused on confining and containing the south and east sides of the Klondike Fire to reduce the potential threat to the communities of Selma and Cave Junction. Progress is reflected in increased containment and a change in the fire line color from red to black on incident maps. On Tuesday night, crews focused on containing and securing the south side of the Klondike Fire to check its southward spread and potential threat to Selma and Cave Junction. This is the area where the fire spotted over the Illinois River last Saturday. Three additional hot shot crews arrived to assist with containment...

Hamma Hamma, WA – On Tuesday, crews completed brushing along Forest Road 25 to serve as the north containment line. Fire crews continued to secure Forest Road 2480 by extinguishing or removing burning material along the eastern edge of the fire. Hoselays and sprinkler systems are operating along the south and east side of the fire. On Wednesday, fire crews will continue chipping debris along Forest Roads 25 and 2401. They will also be extinguishing burning material and cutting hazard trees to improve firefighter safety along Forest Road 2480. Due to the steep, inaccessible terrain, firefighters will not engage on the west flank of the fire on Jefferson Ridge but will be monitoring fire growth on the west and north side. The long term strategy is to keep the fire between Forest Road 25 and Forest Road 2401 while monitoring fire behavior and progression to the west. Residents and visitors to the area will continue to see smoke from fires from California to Canada. Weather: Wednesday...

Kelly Mountain Fire UPDATE August 15, 2018 7:30 AM Northeast Washington Interagency IMT Type 3, Team #1 Ed Lewis Incident Commander For Immediate Release Republic, WA – Firefighters will continue hand line construction around the fire perimeter. If conditions are favorable, firefighters will conduct burn out operations to remove unburned fuels within containment lines. Smoke may be visible over the fire area today. Crews with heavy equipment will work to finish constructing a contingency line around the fire. Aircraft have been ordered to assist over the fire today. The Kelly Mountain Fire started at approximately 11:00am on August 11th and was a part of eleven lightning and storm related fires reported in the Republic/Curlew/Toroda area. Local resources from US Forest Service, Washington State Department of Natural Resources along with private contractors responded to the Kelly Mountain fire that grew rapidly due...

Smoke Outlook North Columbia Basin for August 15, 2018...Fire and Weather: High pressure ridging will continue to amplify over the fire today resulting in even more warming and drying. Light southwest to west winds are expected with some gusts up to 9mph. These conditions will lead to active to very active fire behavior today. Smoke Expect very poor air quality through today and tomorrow due to smoke from both Canada and local wildfires. Poor air quality will continue through tomorrow. Safety The National Weather Service has issued an Air Quality Alert for all of Central and Eastern Washington. Under these air quality conditions, people should limit outdoor activities. Sensitive groups should continue to consult their medical providers about ways to mitigate smoke exposure. Roadway visibility will continue to be reduced by pooling smoke on highways 97 and 20, and in the foothills and canyons near active wildfires. A new descriptive term used by an audience member during last nights...

Smoke Outlook North Columbia Basin for August 15, 2018...Fire and Weather: High pressure ridging will continue to amplify over the fire today resulting in even more warming and drying. Light southwest to west winds are expected with some gusts up to 9mph. These conditions will lead to active to very active fire behavior today. Smoke Expect very poor air quality through today and tomorrow due to smoke from both Canada and local wildfires. Poor air quality will continue through tomorrow. Safety The National Weather Service has issued an Air Quality Alert for all of Central and Eastern Washington. Under these air quality conditions, people should limit outdoor activities. Sensitive groups should continue to consult their medical providers about ways to mitigate smoke exposure. Roadway visibility will continue to be reduced by pooling smoke on highways 97 and 20, and in the foothills and canyons near active wildfires. A new descriptive term used by an audience member during last nights...

NORTHPORT WA – 8:30 pm. The Washington Department of Natural Resources released the following statement regarding today’s aircraft incident: “We are aware of an incident involving a fixed-wing aircraft at the Horns Mountain Fire near Northport, WA. We are working with our partners to gather more information at this time but want the public to know that the pilot of the aircraft is ok and receiving medical attention for any possible injuries.” Air Spray USA, Inc, the company that owns the aircraft, stated: “The aircraft experienced an unknown problem on the fire it was working near the US/Canadian border. The pilot executed a forced landing on a logging road and was able to exit the aircraft. He was transported to the hospital. No other information is available at this time. An investigation is in process.” Incident Commander Brian Goff, NWIIMT9, the team managing the fire, said, “We are very relieved to learn that the pilot was able to walk away from this...

Kelly Mountain Fire UPDATE August 14, 2018 9:00 PM Northeast Washington Interagency IMT Type 3, Team #1 Ed Lewis Incident Commander For Immediate Release Republic, WA – Firefighters made excellent progress today. Assisted by helicopters and small engine airplanes from the Washington Air National Guard and Washington State DNR, hand line was nearly completed around the fire perimeter. Crews working with heavy equipment continued to construct a contingency line around the fire. Specialized logging equipment (feller bunchers) were on the fire again today to remove hazard and blown down trees. The Kelly Mountain Fire was reported at approximately 11:00am on August 11th and was a part of eleven lightning and storm related fires reported in the Republic/Curlew/Toroda area. Local resources from US Forest Service, Washington State Department of Natural Resources along with private contractors responded to the Kelly Mountain...

Kettle Falls, WA – The Boyd’s fire is located 3 miles west northwest of Kettle Falls, Washington. The fire has burned 2,922 with no containment at this time. Participating agencies in fighting the fire include Washington Department of Natural Resources, USFS Colville National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, Joint Fire Districts Stevens County 8/Ferry County 3 and the Colville Bureau of Indian Affairs. Approximately 430 structures remain threatened. Three residences were lost in the fire in addition to several outbuildings. Overnight, crews worked along the southern perimeter of the fire securing fire line, establishing drop points and gridding the fire area. Dozer line was completed tying into the Bisbee Mtn. Rd. to the communication towers. The Baker River Hotshots conducted burnout operations around the towers consuming fuel and reducing potential fire spread to the towers. An infrared (IR) flight was conducted last night using heat detection devices for mapping and...