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Release: Memaloose Park Fire
Release: Memaloose Park Fire
Friday
July 6, 2018
July 6, 2018
11:00
p.m.
p.m.
Contact: Christie Shaw, Oregon Department of Forestry
541-263-0661
Stan Hinatsu, U.S. Forest Service
541-490-0961
Late Friday
afternoon firefighters responded to the Memaloose Park Fire near Rowena,
Oregon. The fire began in Memaloose
State Park, quickly spreading east and jumping Interstate 84. The fire is threatening the community of
Rowena Dell. Information for the current
evacuation levels can be found on the Wasco County Sheriff’s facebook
page: www.facebook.com/WascoCountySheriff/.
Highway 30 is closed from Marsh Cutoff Road east to the Rowena
interchange. Memaloose State Park is
closed to new campers trying to enter the campground. Campers who left the campground during the
firefighting activity will be allowed to re-enter.
afternoon firefighters responded to the Memaloose Park Fire near Rowena,
Oregon. The fire began in Memaloose
State Park, quickly spreading east and jumping Interstate 84. The fire is threatening the community of
Rowena Dell. Information for the current
evacuation levels can be found on the Wasco County Sheriff’s facebook
page: www.facebook.com/WascoCountySheriff/.
Highway 30 is closed from Marsh Cutoff Road east to the Rowena
interchange. Memaloose State Park is
closed to new campers trying to enter the campground. Campers who left the campground during the
firefighting activity will be allowed to re-enter.
Unifiedcommand has been established between Oregon Department of Forestry,
Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue and the U.S. Forest Service Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area. The fire is
currently being held at 45 acres with firelines and resources on scene. Containment is estimated at twenty
percent. Tonight firefighters will work
to strengthen and build containment lines around the fire perimeter. Additional resources will be arriving on
scene in the morning to continue the work the firefighters will be
accomplishing overnight.
This
evening’s resources included two heavy air tankers dropping retardant to aid
engine and hand crews on the ground, as well as two FireBoss scooper air
tankers from Washington Department of Natural Resources. On the ground engines and crews came from
Oregon Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Washington Department of
Natural Resources, Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue, and numerous area fire
departments.
evening’s resources included two heavy air tankers dropping retardant to aid
engine and hand crews on the ground, as well as two FireBoss scooper air
tankers from Washington Department of Natural Resources. On the ground engines and crews came from
Oregon Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Washington Department of
Natural Resources, Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue, and numerous area fire
departments.
The fire is
human caused and under investigation.
human caused and under investigation.