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A recorded presentation on the status and management of the Bootleg, Walrus and Yainax Fires will be posted on Monday, August 9th at 7:30 pm. Fire status and future management plans will be presented by Operations, Meteorology, Fire Behavior and Incident Command. Please post any questions you have on our FaceBook Post and we will try to answer as many as possible:    https://www.facebook.com/BootlegFireInfo/photos/a.109171738106500/123562903334050/You can watch the presentation on our FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BootlegFireInfo  or on our Bootleg Fire Information YouTube Channel: 

 Evening Update,  Thursday, August 5, 2021 Fire:  Black Butte Fire Acres:  approximately 5700 Cause:  Lightning  Containment: 0%  Start Date:  August 3, 2021   Location:  8 miles NE of Antelope Lookout             Fuels/Topography: Mixed brush, grasses and timberTotal Personnel: N/A  Type of resources:  N/A Today:  Crews have continued to work to stop the spread of the fire around Flag Prairie and private lands, also lands south and east towards the forest boundary. With Haines Index of 6 (Haines index is the numerical value that indicates the potential for large wildfires to experience extreme fire behavior) fire activity is increasing substantially this evening with increased growth north and west.  Air Resources have continued assisting and will continue to work with the Type 3 team.  Crews are engaging, with safety as the number one concern.  An Infrared Flight (IR) is planned for this evening if conditions permit.  The IR data will allow fire...

Thursday, August 4, 2021                                        Fire:  Black Butte Fire                                   Containment: 0%  Acres:  approximately 4000                           Start Date:  August 3, 2021                                                                                     Cause:  Lightning                                           Location:  8 miles NE of Antelope Lookout                     Total Personnel: N/A                                    Fuels/Topography: Mixed brush, grasses and timber   Type of resources:  N/AToday:  Fire size approximately 3000 acres:  The High Desert Incident Command Team Type 3 will take over management of the fire at 1800.  The team is...

Morning Update, Sunday, August 8, 2021 Fire:  Black Butte Fire                                   Containment: 0% Acres:  9,673                                                  Start Date:  August 3, 2021                                                                                     Cause:  Lightning                                           Location:  8 miles NE of Antelope Lookout                    Total Personnel: N/A                                    Fuels/Topography: Mixed brush, grasses, and timber Type of resources:  N/A                                                                                           Today:  Crews from Oregon...

6:30 PM -Monday, August 9Location: Greenwaters Park (Picnic Shelter)48362 Hwy 58, Oakridge OR, 97463orAvailable on Facebook at:

Green Ridge and Lick Creek Fire UpdateSunday, August 8, 2021, 10:00 a.m.  Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black Troy Hagan, Incident CommanderGreen Ridge Fire Statistics: Size:  20,259 acres Containment:  15% Location: 30 miles east of Walla Walla Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning Lick Creek Fire Information: Size:  80,421 acres Containment:  90% Location: 20 miles southwest of Asotin, WA Reported: July 7, 2021Cause: Lightning  Winds Push Green Ridge Fire to Merge with Lick Creek Fire   Current Situation: Green Ridge Fire: The Green Ridge Fire grew to 20,259 acres, representing a growth of 4,869 acres. The fire remains 15% contained. Yesterday, gusty winds caused the fire to grow steadily to the east and north beginning early in the afternoon. The Green Ridge Fire to grew onto the Lick Creek Fire’s contained perimeter on the east and across the Tucannon River to the north, spotting over the 22 Road. The growth into the previously burned area...

Firefighters increase control efforts on Poole Creek FireCANYONVILLE, Ore.—With a dozen smaller wildfires mostly trailed, mopped up or already in patrol status, more firefighters are engaged on preventing the spread of the Poole Creek Fire. Containment on the Complex has risen to 9 percent. At 1,942 acres, Poole Creek is the largest fire in the Skyline Ridge Complex. It is burning roughly six miles southeast of the community of Days Creek. Firefighters plan to keep the fire within two steep drainages by building control lines on ridgetops and securing them with controlled burns at night. This will protect houses and outbuildings on the south bank of the South Umpqua River. Local residents can expect to see more fire traffic and smoke from burn-out operations. Fire managers at the Complex are also responsible for identifying and helping suppress new fires in the area. Sunday afternoon they did just that. A pilot assigned to the Complex spotted a fire on the border of Douglas and...

Quick Facts: Start Date: July 29th, 2021 Cause: Lightning Incident Commander: Randy Johnson, Pacific Northwest Team 3 Location: Nine miles north of Oakridge, Middle Fork Ranger District, Willamette National Forest Approx. Fire Size (acres): Gales: 2,969; Kwis: 358; Ninemile: 282; Elephant Rock: 7 Containment: 10% Resources: Crews: 15; Engines: 17; Heavy Equipment: 12; Helicopters: 6; Water tenders: 11 Total Personnel: 591     Middle Fork Complex Fire Update – Sunday, August 8, 2021 – 9:00 a.m.   Community Fire Briefing at Greenwaters Park, 48362 Highway 58, in Oakridge - Monday, August 9 at 6:30 pm. Yesterday: On the Kwis Fire, retardant and water were dropped to aid crews in controlling the spread of a spot fire south of the containment line. A smoke column was visible from the Gales Fire in the afternoon as fire activity increased. Crews and heavy equipment continued preparing existing road systems to be used as primary control lines around the Ninemile, Gales, and...

Green Ridge and Lick Creek Fire UpdateSunday, August 8, 2021, 10:00 a.m.  Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black Troy Hagan, Incident CommanderGreen Ridge Fire Statistics: Size:  20,259 acres Containment:  15% Location: 30 miles east of Walla Walla Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning Lick Creek Fire Information: Size:  80,421 acres Containment:  90% Location: 20 miles southwest of Asotin, WA Reported: July 7, 2021 Cause: Lightning  Winds Push Green Ridge Fire to Merge with Lick Creek Fire   Current Situation: Green Ridge Fire: The Green Ridge Fire grew to 20,259 acres, representing a growth of 4,869 acres. The fire remains 15% contained. Yesterday, gusty winds caused the fire to grow steadily to the east and north beginning early in the afternoon. The Green Ridge Fire to grew onto the Lick Creek Fire’s contained perimeter on the east and across the Tucannon River to the north, spotting over the 22 Road. The growth into the previously burned area...

On Saturday, crews continued to make progress on the five fires burning in the Bull Complex. Additional containment lines were constructed to contain the Janus fire, the Ridge fire, and the Kola fire. These fires are growing although their rate of spread is still relatively slow. Progress was made on mopping up the Ogre Creek and Round Lake fires, both of which are nearing containment.      Currently there are 97 fire personnel assigned to the Bull Complex fires.  The work to build containment lines will continue on Sunday. Three fire lookouts in the area will be assessed and structural protection will be put in place should the fires spread in that direction. Crews are also working to remove hazard trees along Forest Roads 6370 and 4696.  After several days of cool and moist weather, clear skies are forecasted for Sunday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to increase starting Monday, possibly reaching triple digits by midweek. Round Lake 1/2 acreOgre Creek 1/4 acreJanus 441...

GLIDE, Ore. – Firefighters will be working to establish anchor points in several key locations today, fire officials said.    The team will create anchor points to the west and south of the Chaos, Little Bend and Homestead Fires today, said Eric Riener, incident commander trainee for Northwest 13 Incident Management Team.     Anchor points are areas active fire cannot move into, such as a road or previously burned ground, allowing firefighters to safely begin working directly along the edge of the fire using water or soil to extinguish flames and embers. Aviation resources will continue to support firefighters by dropping water near the fire perimeter.    “We’ll also continue to evaluate the progressional spread of the Jack Fire and develop indirect containment lines around the TFR5 Fire to the south,” Riener said.     Several additional fires combined with active burning Saturday increased the Rough Patch Complex footprint...

GLIDE, Ore. – Firefighters will be working to establish anchor points in several key locations today, fire officials said.    The team will create anchor points to the west and south of the Chaos, Little Bend and Homestead Fires today, said Eric Riener, incident commander trainee for Northwest 13 Incident Management Team.     Anchor points are areas active fire cannot move into, such as a road or previously burned ground, allowing firefighters to safely begin working directly along the edge of the fire using water or soil to extinguish flames and embers. Aviation resources will continue to support firefighters by dropping water near the fire perimeter.    “We’ll also continue to evaluate the progressional spread of the Jack Fire and develop indirect containment lines around the TFR5 Fire to the south,” Riener said.     Several additional fires combined with active burning Saturday increased the Rough Patch Complex footprint...

Bootleg Fire Update, August 8, 2021  Location: 28 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, OR            Containment: 96% Size: 413,765 acres (647 square miles)                                                    Personnel: 1,125                    Walrus FireLocation: 10.5 miles N of BonanzaSize: 75 acresContainment: 0%                                                                     Yainax FireLocation: 10 miles NE of BonanzaSize: 88 acresContainment: 0%(Klamath Falls, OR) – Significant progress was made on the northeast corner of the Bootleg Fire yesterday and the official containment number grew to 96% due to hard fought effort by firefighters for nearly a month. Engine crews will continue patrolling the fire perimeter as a safety measure for the foreseeable future. Crews and equipment will continue efforts to return the fireline to a more natural...

 Devil’s Knob Complex Morning Update Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Kevin Stock August 7, 2021 Community Meeting: An in-person community meeting will be held this evening at 7:30 PM at the Tiller Volunteer Fire Department. Fire managers from both Devil’s Knob and Skyline Ridge Complexes will provide operational fire updates and an opportunity for the public to ask questions. We are asking the public to bring and wear a mask as a COVID-19 mitigation and be prepared for warm weather conditions as the meeting will be outside. The Devil's Knob Complex is a grouping of 52 lightning caused fires with the majority burning on the Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest. The fires were started from thunderstorms on July 29th and August 1st. The Devil’s Knob Complex is situated between the Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire to the north, which is being managed by Northwest Incident Management Team 13 and the Skyline Ridge Complex to the southwest, which...

Devil’s Knob Complex Morning Update Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Kevin Stock August 8, 2021 The Devil's Knob Complex is a grouping of 40 plus lightning caused fires with the majority burning on the Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest. The fires were started from thunderstorms on July 29th and August 1st. The Devil’s Knob Complex is situated between the Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire to the north, which is being managed by Northwest Incident Management Team 13 and the Skyline Ridge Complex to the southwest, which is being managed by Oregon Department of Forestry Team 1. The Devil's Knob Complex is managed by Northwest Incident Management Team 8 from an incident command post at the Milo Academy near Tiller, Oregon.    Fire Information: (541) 900-6133 (8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.) E-mail:  2021.DevilsKnob@firenet.gov Information Websites: Facebook page “2021 Devil’s Knob Complex” Inciweb - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7771/ Oregon...

 Devil’s Knob Complex Update Northwest Incident Management Team 8, Incident Commander, Kevin Stock August 7, 2021 Evening The Devil's Knob Complex is a grouping of 52 lightning caused fires with the majority burning on the Tiller Ranger District, Umpqua National Forest. The fires were started from thunderstorms on July 29th and August 1st. The Devil’s Knob Complex is situated between the Rough Patch Complex and Jack Fire to the north, which is being managed by Northwest Incident Management Team 13 and the Skyline Ridge Complex to the southwest, which is being managed by Oregon Department of Forestry Team 1. The Devil's Knob Complex is managed by Northwest Incident Management Team 8 from an incident command post at the Milo Academy near Tiller, Oregon.    Fire Information: (541) 900-6133 (8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.) E-mail:  2021.DevilsKnob@firenet.gov Information Websites: Facebook page “2021 Devil’s Knob Complex” Inciweb - https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7771/ Oregon...

 Three Fires Continue to Grow, Most are More Stable CANYONVILLE, Ore. - Firefighters are making good progress on controlling many of the fires included in the Skyline Ridge Complex. Six of the smallest fires are now in patrol status, with no obvious heat orvisible smoke near the fires' edges. Seven more fires, including Ike Butte, McGinnis, Packard Creek, and Turkey Creek, are staying within their lines, but have some heat near the edges. Firefighters aremopping up remaining hot areas near the fire perimeters.Only three fires within the Complex continue to grow. Sweat Creek and O'Shea fires have burning chunks of wood rolling down the steep slopes, past the lines. Fire personnel are watching for theseroll-outs and are attacking them quickly. Lines are constructed around these roll-outs and these new pockets of heat are cooled as quickly as possible to avoid further spread. Other hot areas near theedges of the fires are also being extinguished. The Poole Creek Fire continues to...

Rough Patch Complex/Jack Fire update for Saturday, Aug. 7GLIDE, Ore. – Extreme heat will move into the area again early next week, with high temperatures of 100 degrees or more and humidity in the teens, fire officials said. “The next three days are critical,” Dean Warner, fire behavior analyst for Northwest 13 Incident Management Team, said of the incoming heat wave. “Live fuel moistures are beginning to plummet and conditions will be ripe for large fire growth potential in the next few days.” As green vegetation dries out at the end of the growth season, its moisture level decreases, making it more susceptible to fire. By the end of the day Friday, the Jack Fire had grown slightly, to 23,644 acres, while the Rough Patch Complex had grown to 1,529 acres. Reporting of acres will change in the next operational shift after all new incidents are incorporated into Rough Patch. Across the Rough Patch Complex, firefighters and equipment operators are working on handline,...

Rough Patch Complex/Jack Fire update for Saturday, Aug. 7GLIDE, Ore. – Extreme heat will move into the area again early next week, with high temperatures of 100 degrees or more and humidity in the teens, fire officials said. “The next three days are critical,” Dean Warner, fire behavior analyst for Northwest 13 Incident Management Team, said of the incoming heat wave. “Live fuel moistures are beginning to plummet and conditions will be ripe for large fire growth potential in the next few days.” As green vegetation dries out at the end of the growth season, its moisture level decreases, making it more susceptible to fire. By the end of the day Friday, the Jack Fire had grown slightly, to 23,644 acres, while the Rough Patch Complex had grown to 1,529 acres. Reporting of acres will change in the next operational shift after all new incidents are incorporated into Rough Patch. Across the Rough Patch Complex, firefighters and equipment operators are working on handline,...

 Per Brandon Fowler, Klamath County EM/PIO: The updated evacuation information below is effective at 6:00PM this evening, August 7, 2021. Walrus Fire All residents on Walrus Ln, Porpoise Ln, Seal Ln in the Bly Mountain area are under Level 2 (GET SET) Evacuation Notice due to the Walrus Fire. This reduction in evacuation level allows residents to return to their property, they need to be aware there is heavy emergency vehicle traffic in the area. This area also remains closed to everyone except actual residents and emergency crews. All residents between Night Owl Dr. and Highway 140, as well as Thunderbear Rd, Round Prairie Ct, Goldfinch Dr, Chicken Hawk Dr, Sparrow Hawk Dr in the Bly Mountain area are under Level 1 (BE READY) Evacuation Notice due to the Walrus Fire. Yainax Fire The previous Level 2 (GET SET) Evacuation Notice for residents east of Kingfisher Dr and Hummingbird Dr, has been lifted as of 6:00PM this evening, August 7,