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 In coordinated effort, the Deschutes and Jefferson County Sheriff’s offices have lifted all evacuations around the Grandview Fire area.   Sisters, OR  –  The Grandview fire remains at 6,032 acres. Containment on the fire is now 72%. Fire crews working inside the fire line are pushing mop up toward the objective of 300 feet. Crews are hauling fire hose back to camp, leaving the main hose lines in place for use as ODF IMT 2 plans to hand over command to a type 4 team on Thursday. Snags are a continuing concern around the perimeter of the fire and felling crews are working to remove them to reduce risk of hazards to the other crews and the public. As containment on the fire grows, we would like to thank the public for remaining vigilant and for obeying forest closures put into place on the Deschutes National Forest and the Ochoco National Forest Crooked River National Grasslands. Temperatures over the fire will be in the lower 90’s with winds out of the NW at 5-10 mph.  For...

Sweet Home, Ore. – Mop up work continued yesterday around the perimeter of the Bruler Fire. Firefighters continue to engage the fire more directly where possible.  Containment is listed at 10%.Fallers have completed work on the north side of the fire, removing hazardous snags that pose a direct threat to firefighters on the ground. This will allow engines to engage heat sources with water. This work will move to the northwest side of the fire today. Today, firefighters will continue to activate sprinklers around the Bruler Fire. Additional hose, pumps and sprinklers will be added to the fire for the next few days. Masticators are working on the south side of the fire to improve the 1152 road for the incoming heavy equipment. The heavy equipment will work to create alternative control line around the fire perimeter.  Firefighters never rely entirely on the local weather forecast. In the field, crews collect observations for their specific location every hour, including temperature,...

Location: 28 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, OR   Size: 388,359 acresPersonnel: 2,250   Containment: 30%  (Klamath Falls, OR) –  For ten days in a row, extreme fire behavior in the afternoon and evening has resulted in firefighters moving to safety zones. Yesterday evening, parts of the fire received a trace amount of rain from thunderstorms in the area. The main Bootleg Fire merged with the Log Fire as anticipated. Fire activity in this area was moderated by smoke cover decreasing fire intensity, so firefighters took advantage of conditions to improve the northeastern firelines. Toward the east, significant fire movement resulted in the fire spotting over Forest Road 28 (Trunk Road) toward Summer Lake.  On the north edge, firefighters made progress constructing dozer line during the night and early morning while temperatures were cooler and winds calmer. By the afternoon, with increasing winds and temperature, the fire moved across Coyote Creek...

News Release from Douglas Co. Sheriff's OfficePosted on FlashAlert: July 19th, 2021 4:43 PMDownloadable file: Level 1 "Be Ready"DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. - The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is announcing additional reductions to the evacuation levels previously put into place as a result of the Jack Fire burning east of Glide. Effective, Monday, July 19, 2021, at 5:00 pm, the following changes will be made to the Jack Fire evacuation levels:  The Dry Creek Community and surrounding areas have been reduced from a Level 2 “Be Set” to a Level 1 “Be Ready”The Steamboat Inn and the residential area on Brindle Bug Road and Steelhead Caddis are no longer under an official notice. The only evacuation levels currently in place related to the Jack Fire are Level 1 “Be Ready”. A current and interactive evacuation map may be found at

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Media Release                                                           July 19, 2021, 4:30 p.m. Contact: Melanie Lasley (541) 947-6003mlasley@co.lake.or.us For Immediate Release                                                                                                               Lakeview, OR – Evacuations. Additional evacuation levels have been implemented in Lake County due  to increased activity on the Bootleg and Log Fires. Lake County utilized its emergency alert system  to notify residents in the affected areas by Wireless Emergency Alert, text, email, and phone. Law  enforcement agencies are also attempting to reach all affected residents, door-to-door. Level 3 – GO NOW! From Mile Post 73 on Highway 31 south along Winter Ridge to Government Harvey Pass, then east to  the Highway 31 and Government Harvey junction, then back north to include both...

   Quick Facts Incident Summary Approximate Size: 1,569 acres Fire Containment: 15% Incident Commander: Jason Loomis Resources on the Fires: Crews: 7 Helicopters: 1 Engines: 5 Dozers: 1 Water tenders: 4 Masticators: 4 Total Personnel: 294 Jurisdiction: Umatilla National Forest Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7628/ Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/Green-Ridge-Fire-105190851844816 www.facebook.com/UmatillaNF   Washington Smoke Blog: https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/ Green Ridge Fire July 19, 2021 10:00 a.m. Fire Information 509-542-7964 E-mail: 2021.greenridge@firenet.gov   Dayton, WA. —The Green Ridge Fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain on the Pomeroy Ranger District, approximately 30 miles east of Walla Walla, Washington. Values at risk include structures, the Mill Creek Watershed, wilderness, and recreation areas in the vicinity. The Columbia County Sheriff has issued a Level 1...

  Effective immediately, evacuation levels have been downgraded for the Lick Creek Fire. Both the Level 2 in the Cloverland area (Asotin Co.) and the Level 2 northwest of the fire in Garfield County have been downgraded to Level 1. The Level 2 evacuation south of the Lick Creek Fire in the Grouse Flats area remains in

Overnight the Bootleg Fire saw a significant increase in activity and acres burned. The predicted high winds and low humidity associated with the Red Flag Warning contributed to the increase in fire activity. Due to mechanical issues, the Infrared (IR) Flight was not completed but fire managers and geographic information system specialist have worked to ground truth firefighter inputs and satellite data to produce an updated perimeter for the fire. The new acreage is estimated at 343,755 and containment remains at 25%. Red Flag Warnings for high winds and low humidity are in place again for Monday, July 19th and the potential to experience another day of large fire growth is possible. IR Flights are one of several data tools used to build map products for wildland fire incidents. Aircraft are equipped with thermal sensors and used to detect heat signatures and support developing incident perimeters. Other data sources that support the development of these mapping products include...

 There will be a community meeting in Bly at 7:00 p.m. on July 19, 2021. Incident management personnel will give an update on the fire, and to answer questions. The meeting will be at the Gearhart Elementary

Wallowa, OR  –  Two days of fire growth not previously captured by infrared mapping now shows the fire at 16,432 acres. Containment is estimated at 10 percent. The arrival of Oregon Department of Forestry’s Incident Management Team brings in additional overhead capacity and firefighting resources. There is a total of 343 firefighters and overhead personnel on the incident with additional crews on order. Crews continued to manage northside lines of the fire perimeter successfully. Growth occurred on the southwest side with winds out of the northeast pushing the fire through the canyons. Steep and rocky terrain continues to be challenging in the canyons of the Grande Ronde River. With a limited number of crews, the incident management team will focus efforts in the most challenging areas along the southwestern portions of the fire in the GrossmanCreek Drainage. Dozers are also being utilized in this area along the top of canyon shelves where they can be more effective. The...

Current Situation: The fire perimeter to the north and east, along the South Fork of the Asotin Creek and Peola road is contained and remains in patrol status. To the southeast, established fireline was wind tested by strong northern winds picking up embers from some trees torching on the interior of the fireline. Crews continued to maintain and improve fireline in that area and will patroll during day and night operations. Firelines near the Cloverland snow park area and Forest Service road 43 continue to be improved and are on track to be put into a patrol status soon. The southwest line of the fire also received higher winds during the night creating spot fires that night crews were able to contain. Patrolling and gridding of the area will continue as fireline is improved and hotspots are identified. Gridding is the action of searching for a small fire by systematically traveling over an area on parallel courses or gridlines. The west side of the fire has remained stable allowing...

Wallowa, OR  –  Two days of fire growth not previously captured by infrared mapping now shows the fire at 16,432 acres. Containment is estimated at 10 percent. The arrival of Oregon Department of Forestry’s Incident Management Team brings in additional overhead capacity and firefighting resources. There is a total of 343 firefighters and overhead personnel on the incident with additional crews on order. Crews continued to manage northside lines of the fire perimeter successfully. Growth occurred on the southwest side with winds out of the northeast pushing the fire through the canyons. Steep and rocky terrain continues to be challenging in the canyons of the Grande Ronde River. With a limited number of crews, the incident management team will focus efforts in the most challenging areas along the southwestern portions of the fire in the GrossmanCreek Drainage. Dozers are also being utilized in this area along the top of canyon shelves where they can be more effective. The...

Fire Update: Monday, July 19, 2021 SAFETY on Hwy 138: For the safety of firefighters and the public, please be aware of increased fire traffic and follow posted speed limits along Highway 138.   Fire information: The Jack Fire is currently estimated at 17,994 acres and is 50% contained. North of Hwy. 138, Along the northern flank, firefighters deepened the control line, and will continue mop-up and securing line. On the eastern flank, crews will complete burnout operations for increased depth of fire lines. Fallers are removing snags and at-risk trees to make roads safe to travel and crews continue to monitor fire behavior along North Umpqua River.  South of Hwy 138, firefighters have prepared control lines and burned vegetation to create a secure control line on the west and southwest flanks. On the south and southeast east flank, crews will utilize heavy equipment and fallers to clear and brush out roads used as control lines. Crews will also be scouting for alternative lines to...

Sisters, OR  –  The Grandview fire acreage remains at 6,032 acres. Containment on the fire is now 57%. Crews are pushing mop up from 50 feet to 100 feet or more inside the fire line. The goal over the next few days is to remove all heat at least 300 feet from the fire’s edge. Searching for lingering heat is done by carefully searching in grids, finding hot spots in the ground, and cooling them. Each grid is searched several times to ensure that all heat is gone. Team 2 successfully conducted an incident-wide simulated Incident Within an Incident, followed by a safety stand down to allow crews to discuss and review the safety protocols for rapid response to aid an injured firefighter.  Snags are a continuing concern around the perimeter of the fire and felling crews will work to remove them to reduce risk of hazard. Temperatures will be in the low 90’s with light winds out of the NW. For up-to-date information on the Grandview Fire, please visit:...

Localización: 28 millas noreste de Klamath Falls, OR                                          Tamaño: 303,791 acres (est.) Personal: 2,181                                                                                                           Contención:  25%  Ayer, fue el noveno día consecutivo con un comportamiento de fuego tan extremo que los bomberos se trasladaron a zonas de seguridad y buscaron oportunidades para volver a combatir el fuego. Tenga en cuenta: el mapa de incendios publicado hoy no refleja el perímetro real del incendio, ya que el vuelo de colección de datos infrarrojos no se realizó debido a problemas mecánicos de la aeronave.  Toda la noche hubo fuego activo en la esquina sureste. El fuego sobrepaso a lo largo de la carretera 28 y se estima que tiene más de 2,500 acres en el área...

Sweet Home, Ore. – Firefighters took advantage of the light winds and relatively high humidity to remove fuels around the Bruler Fire perimeter. Mop up work continued along the south side of the fire. Sprinklers were strategically placed along the west and east side of the fire to aid in suppression of hot spots. Containment is now listed at 10%.  Fire activity increased on the northwest and southwest corners of the fire yesterday. A helicopter dropped water on the fire to prevent it from escaping control lines. Additionally, a small spot fire was controlled outside the fire perimeter.  Today, firefighters will continue to place sprinklers on the south side of the fire. Engines and firefighters will conduct mop up activities on the north and south side of the fire, leading to future sprinkler placement. Additional heavy equipment, including masticators, dozers and bunchers will begin arriving at the fire today. The west side of the fire has a large fuel load and this heavy...

Location: 28 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, OR   Size: 303,791 acres (est.) Personnel: 2,181          Containment: 25%  Yesterday was the ninth day in a row with such extreme fire behavior that firefighters moved to safety zones and looked for opportunities to re-engage. Please note: the fire map issued today does not reflect the actual fire perimeter as the infrared data collection flight was not performed due to aircraft mechanical issues.  There was active fire all night on the southeastern corner. A fire slop over across the 28 Road is estimated to be over 2,500 acres in the Elder Creek area. Firefighters worked through the night to limit growth. On the north edge, firefighters disengaged when the fire aggressively moved past retardant lines three to four miles north toward Long Creek. The Nature Conservancy station at Sycan Marsh was evacuated and firefighters provided structure protection. Fire activity on the Log Fire was moderated by...

A firefighter became separated from his crew while working on the Bootleg Fire in Lake County yesterday, July 18th.  The incident occurred when the fire crew was working on containing spot fires in the Happy Camp area.  Crew members reported the individual as missing at 6:30 pm.  The Zone 1 Incident Management Team immediately initiated a search mission. Incident aircraft and other resources were dispatched to help with the search. An incident helicopter spotted the firefighter at 8:20 pm but could not locate an adequate landing zone. Another firefighting crew joined in the search and located the separated firefighter. Lake County Sheriff’s personnel also responded to the area and assisted with the search operation and extraction of the individual. The Rapid Extraction Module (REM), a highly skilled and specially equipped team used to provide emergency medical services and extraction to firefighters on the line, was dispatched to the area and assisted in the...

Darlene Fire Evacuation Levels Reduced AgainDate: July 18, 2021Released by:Sgt. Nathan Garibay, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Emergency ManagerBrandon Fowler, Klamath County Sheriff’s Office Emergency ManagerThe Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Klamath County Sheriff’s Office are adjusting evacuation levels around the Darlene Fire in coordination with fire managers.The following areas have been reduced from a Level 2 (Get Set) Evacuation Notice to a Level 1 (Be Ready) Evacuation notice:  ·   All residences south of La Pine off of Darlene Way to the Deschutes/Klamath County Line including Old Ice Cave Rd.All evacuation notices have been dropped in the areas previously in a Level 1 (Be Ready) Evacuation Notice:  ·   Areas south of the Deschutes/Klamath County line including most of township 23 east of Hwy 97.  This area includes Sun Forest Estates, Split Rail, and Antelope Meadows.This decision was made after consultation with fire managers. We will...

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Media Release July 18, 2021, 2:30 p.m. (541) 947-6003 Contact: Melanie Lasley For Immediate Release mlasley@co.lake.or.us  Lakeview, OR – Evacuations. Additional evacuation levels have been implemented in Lake County due to increased activity on the Bootleg and Log Fires. Lake County utilized its emergency alert system to notify residents in the affected areas by text, email, and phone. Level 2 – Be Set From the FS 29 Road and Highway 31 junction to the top of Government Harvey Pass, east to Slide Lake Trailhead, and back north to Highway 31. This includes the Monument Rock area. Level 1 – Be Ready Including Picture Rock Pass, the Ana Subdivision, the communities of Summer Lake and Paisley, and south of Paisley along Clover Flat Road to Moss Pass. Fire officials consider the risk to Paisley to be low but want the community to be aware of increased fire hazards in the surrounding area. These evacuation levels are in addition to the Level...