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Release: Memaloose Park Fire
Release: Memaloose Park Fire
Monday
July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018
9:00
a.m.
a.m.
Contact: Christie Shaw, Oregon Department of Forestry
541-263-0661
[Hood River,
Ore.] The Memaloose Park Fire, located
along Interstate 84 ten miles east of Hood River, is 70% contained this
morning. Crews made significant progress
mopping-up the heat and flames within the fire perimeter on Sunday. Kiel Nairns, Incident Commander is confident
containment lines are holding, “Yesterday’s heat and afternoon winds tested the
containment lines. They held and we didn’t
see any fire activity that concerned us.”
Firefighters will continue working today to find heat or flames within the
fire perimeter, using tools to expose these areas and dousing with water to
extinguish any hot spots. The weather
forecast for this afternoon calls for warm temperatures and increasing winds. This will again test the fireline and expose
any hidden interior fire. Crews will
continue working within the fire over the next few days until the fire is 100%
contained. Firefighters were able to use
GPS to map the fire perimeter on Sunday, updating the acreage to 74 acres.
Ore.] The Memaloose Park Fire, located
along Interstate 84 ten miles east of Hood River, is 70% contained this
morning. Crews made significant progress
mopping-up the heat and flames within the fire perimeter on Sunday. Kiel Nairns, Incident Commander is confident
containment lines are holding, “Yesterday’s heat and afternoon winds tested the
containment lines. They held and we didn’t
see any fire activity that concerned us.”
Firefighters will continue working today to find heat or flames within the
fire perimeter, using tools to expose these areas and dousing with water to
extinguish any hot spots. The weather
forecast for this afternoon calls for warm temperatures and increasing winds. This will again test the fireline and expose
any hidden interior fire. Crews will
continue working within the fire over the next few days until the fire is 100%
contained. Firefighters were able to use
GPS to map the fire perimeter on Sunday, updating the acreage to 74 acres.
Over the
weekend the fire threatened homes in the Rowena Dell area. The Wasco County Sheriff lifted all
evacuations Monday morning at 8 a.m. Memaloose State Park is currently closed to
new campers entering the campground. This
closure is in place to ensure firefighter and public safety during firefighting
activities. The westbound Interstate 84
Memaloose Rest Area will remain closed until repairs can be made to the
electrical system which were damaged by the fire.
weekend the fire threatened homes in the Rowena Dell area. The Wasco County Sheriff lifted all
evacuations Monday morning at 8 a.m. Memaloose State Park is currently closed to
new campers entering the campground. This
closure is in place to ensure firefighter and public safety during firefighting
activities. The westbound Interstate 84
Memaloose Rest Area will remain closed until repairs can be made to the
electrical system which were damaged by the fire.
burned lands within Memaloose State Park, Oregon Travel Experience’s Memaloose
Rest Area, and private lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry, Mid-Columbia
Fire and Rescue protection, and some lands managed by the U.S. Forest
Service. The fire is human caused and
under investigation.
Regulated-Use
Closure is in effect within Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon
District. These restrictions are
intended to reduce wildfires from human activities. More information for these restrictions can
be found at www.odfcentraloregon.com.
Closure is in effect within Oregon Department of Forestry’s Central Oregon
District. These restrictions are
intended to reduce wildfires from human activities. More information for these restrictions can
be found at www.odfcentraloregon.com.