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Fire behavior moderated on Tuesday, but is expected to escalate again today. Firefighters made significant gains on Tuesday, but night shift on the Snowshoe Fire reported a dry wind from the northeast last night which caused spotting on the west side. Tall trees burning to their very tops were casting sparks downwind. The night crew was able to surround the visible hot spots with dozer line, and day crews will be checking again today. The forecast calls for gusts up to 20 MPH down the West Fork Trail Creek drainage this afternoon, which increases spotting potential in the southeast corner of the fire – an area that held well against Tuesday’s milder winds. The Miles Fire has reached Savage Bluffs east of Flat Creek drainage. Much of the burning in this area has been low intensity. The HD and Columbus Fires have finally joined and formed the single Columbus Fire. As the fire grows to the south, fire crews will burn out the fuels between the fire and Road 2925, which has been...

Weather & Fire Behavior: Temperatures continue to climb and droppingrelative humidity values will lead to an increase in fire behavior today. Thoughwinds are predicted to be light the fire is expected to be very active withpotential for group torching and short crown runs and increased spottingdistances. Poor visibility from smoke may continue to effect aerial operations.For smoke information, visit: https://oregonsmoke.blogspot.com/ Yesterday’s Activities:The fire remains within the current and planned containment lines. Structureprotection activities continued in communities east of the fire area. Lineconstruction to contain the northern and eastern edge of the fire continued.Active overnight burning conditions allowed night shift resources to conductburnout operation along the dozer line between the 4808 and 4810 roads onthe northern edge of the fire, and to tie in and strengthen the primarycontainment line along the eastern edge from the dozer line on the 4810 roadsouth to...

Links to the July 25 Hendrix Fire fact sheet, and the Smoke Outlook for the Oregon California Border have been posted. Please find the links

Weather & Fire Behavior: Afternoon temperatures will be in excess of 100 degrees in the valleys while the relative humidity will continue to drop into the mid teens. Afternoon winds will be out of the west and should remain light. Fire managers expect extreme fire behavior which could result in single tree and group torching in addition to short up-slope crown runs. Yesterday’s Activities: Due to the steep, rugged and inaccessible terrain, crews continued to work on indirect fire lines implementing primary control lines as well as holding and patrolling the east side. Crews continued to maintain the structure protection measures in place in Oak Flat. There was some active burning yesterday afternoon and evening in the Hayden Creek area with the fire burning down towards Panther Creek. Today’s Activities: Crews will continue to maintain and improve the structure protection in Oak Flat. The fire is slowing and holding in the area of the Chetco Bar fire scar. An additional division...

For Public Information call the Joint Information Center: 541-474-5305 (8 a.m. —8 p.m.) Media Information Line: (541) 660-7634 Information Center Blog: SWOJIC.blogspot.com https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5935/ email: garnercomplexinformation@gmail.com Last night’s burnout operations were conducted on the Taylor Creek Fire. Burnout means: setting fire inside a control line to consume fuel between the edge of the fire and the control line. Individual tree torching was visible through the night. However, all fire remains within the control lines due to the efforts of both wildland and structural fire fighters, who worked through the night. All day today burnout operations will be conducted on the south and east sides of the Taylor Creek fire and the south side of the Grave Creek Fire. The public will see more active fire and smoke in these areas. These burnout operations are critical for widening the control firelines that are strategically placed to control the fire. ...

7/25/2018 Smoke outlook for Natchez

7/24 Smoke Outlook for Klondike

July 25, 2018, 9:00 am NW Incident Management Team (IMT) 9, Brian Goff, Incident Commander Contact us at: TimberCrater6.2018@gmail.com - Fire Information: 541-238-2084 (GoogleVoice) or 541-291-4158 Crater Lake National Park, OR – Fire crews continued making great progress Tuesday on the Timber Crater 6 Fire, which has been burning in the northeast corner of Crater Lake National Park and more recently on the Fremont-Winema National Forest since July 15 following a passing lightning storm. Containment has increased to 35% as firefighters successfully mopped up hot spots and secured holding lines from recent burnout operations. Fire growth has been minimal over the past two days with 2355 acres now burned. There are 639 personnel assigned to the fire. Primary fire management objectives remain fully suppressing the fire while minimizing impacts to natural resources and the public, with public and firefighter safety as the foremost consideration. A combination of factors including...

Prospect, Oregon – Nineteen fires on the High Cascades Ranger District west of Crater Lake National Park are being managed under the collective name Sugar Pine, which is also the name of one specific fire. Approximately 1,233 acres have burned on all fires combined. The three largest fires are Sugar Pine, Goodview and Round Top. There will be a community meeting Wednesday July 25 at 6pm at the Prospect Library parking lot to provide a status and strategy update on the Sugar Pine fires. Crews and heavy equipment including dozers, masticators and chippers partially constructed indirect firelines to the east and south of the Sugar Pine (447 acres) and Goodview (502 acres) fires. Rugged terrain has been an extreme challenge and much more work is needed to improve these lines and make them effective. A contingency fireline is being constructed along a powerline corridor near the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest (RRSNF) border south of the fires. This fireline...

The July 24 Hendrix Fire infrared map has been posted to inciweb. The infrared flight interpreter estimated the acreage at 1081 (an increase of 14 acres from yesterday's infrared map). Containment of the Hendrix fire has been increased to 40%. Please keep in mind that the acreages are an approximation and can vary based on how they are determined, and are updated at different times of the

[Morrow County, Ore.] Today additional resources arrived to support fire suppression efforts on the Wilson Prairie Fire in Morrow County. Firelines around the fire were strengthened and efforts made to complete hand and dozer fireline around the fire adjacent to retardant drops. However, late today the fire moved outside the fireline and pushed into the Porter Creek drainage on the southern end of the fire. Evening downslope winds have continued to move the fire through the drainage to the southeast and across the ridge into the next drainage to the south. Very Large Air Tankers (VLATS), Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs), and helicopters continued to drop water and retardant on the fire to slow the fire growth and allow firefighters and equipment on the ground to engage in the suppression efforts. These ground resources are working to strengthen fireline along existing roads as well as building fireline in locations favorable to stopping the fire spread. The movement of the fire has...

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE ROGUE RIVER-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST MEDFORD, OR ORDER NO. 06-10-22-18-65 EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURE - KLONDIKE FIRE Pursuant to 36 CFR § 261.50 (b), the following acts are prohibited upon the Wild Rivers Ranger District within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest as described below and shown in Exhibit A. This Order will be effective beginning July 2I, 2018 and ending October 31, 2018, unless sooner rescinded. ROADS CLOSED Being on the following roads closed for public health and safety. [36 CFR § 261.53(e)] Forest Service Road (FSR 4103) from forest boundary to its terminus at Illinois River trailhead. Forest Service Road (FSR 4105) in its entirety. Forest Service Road (FSR 2512) from FSR 2402 junction to its terminus at York Butte trailhead. Forest Service Road (FSR 2402-676) from York Butte to junction with 4105. EXEMPTIONS: Pursuant to 36 CFR § 261.S0(e), the following per so ns are...

Here is the information you have been requesting about each fire in the Garner Complex. The Grave Creek Fire is at 6,546 acres. Much of the northern half of the fire has either dozer line, hand line or roads holding the fire in check. Today fire fighters will work on completing construction of hand line and dozer line in mostly the southern and southeast- ern portions of the fire. Securing, holding, and patrolling containment lines are on-going around much of the fire. Assigned resources are 37 crews, 27 engines, 21 heavy equipment and overhead. The Pleasant Fire is at 784 acres. Yesterday the fire crossed over the containment line and burned a 30-40 area near Battle Mountain. Crews are working today to put a fire line around it and bring that portion back inside the fire line perimeter. Aircraft are planned to be active in this area. Most of the fire perimeter is secure by roads or dozer lines. In areas where there is unburned fuels between the fire perimeter and control lines...

INCIDENT: Taylor Creek Fire Evacuation Updates INCIDENT DATE AND TIME: 7/24/18 @ 1:00 pm REPORTING DEPUTY: C. Krauss DETAILS: EVACUATION LEVEL DOWNGRADES: • West Pickett Creek Road: o Pickett Creek Road to 574 West Pickett Creek Road, has been downgraded from a LEVEL 3 “GO” to a LEVEL 2 “BE SET.” Addresses above 574 West Pickett Creek Road remain on a LEVEL 3 “GO” notice. As a reminder: A LEVEL 2 “BE SET” evacuation notification means that you must be prepared to leave at a moment’s notice. This level indicates there is significant danger to your area, and residents should either voluntarily relocate to a shelter or with family/friends outside of the affected area, or if choosing to remain, be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice. Residents MAY have time to gather necessary items, but doing so is at their own risk. Emergency services cannot guarantee that they will be able to notify you if conditions rapidly deteriorate. Area media...

July 24, 2018, 9:00 am NW Incident Management Team (IMT) 9, Brian Goff, Incident Commander Contact us at: TimberCrater6.2018@gmail.com Fire Information: 541-291-4158 or leave a message on GoogleVoice at 541-238-2084 Crater Lake National Park, OR – At 15% containment and with 588 people assigned, Timber Crater 6 fire managers are pleased with progress to date in keeping the fire to the smallest size possible with a reasonable probability of success. Acreage is steady at 2355 acres. Weather: Humidity is inching higher than previous levels and is now in the mid 20% to low 30% range. Again, there is a notable possibility of thunderstorms in the late afternoon and early evening. Overnight humidity recovery has been good across the fire and is expected to continue. Through Saturday, temperatures in the mid to high 80s will persist, and light northwest winds are expected. Yesterday: Hot shot crews made good progress on the north and west sides of the fire, working...

Please follow this link to a news release regarding changes to the evacuation levels near the Hendrix Fire. https://flashalert.net/id/JCSO/116302

7/24 Smoke Outlook for Klondike and Natchez

Overnight, firefighters continued making great progress on containing the Garner Complex Fire. Todays’ day shift will continue to secure and hold control lines by strengthening hand-built and dozer lines, placing water hoses and continuing mop-up operations. Firefighters will also be setting fire inside the control lines to consume fuel between the fireline and actively burning areas of the fire, weather permitting. Structural crews continue assessing and creating defensible spaces around homes and other structures on the Grave and Taylor Creek fires. The fire continues to slowly burn within the interior of those lines, leading to a growth in acres of 2,075. As smoke conditions allow, air support will be dropping water and retardant on the south and west sides of the Taylor, Pleasant and Graves fires. Spencer Creek fire is holding within control and mop-up continues. The weather forecast projects continued hot and dry conditions. Winds will have a west-northwesterly flow at 5...

7/24/18 Smoke Outlook for Natchez and Klondike

The Joint Information Center has released a July 24th combined update. Please use the link below. Information for Southwest Oregon Fires is available at the Joint Information Center (JIC) at 541-474-5305 8 AM – 8