Firefighters Able to Secure Fires from
This Week’s Thunderstorms
[John Day, Ore.] No
new fires were reported in the John Day Unit Thursday. Significant progress was made on mop-up and
containment of fires from earlier this week.
Containment
for the Cottonwood Creek Fire has reached 95% on the 159-acre
fire. The fire will transition to a Type
5 incident commander Saturday. One hand
crew will complete mop-up work, gridding for hot spots. These resources will pull hose and other equipment
from the fire. The fire will be in
patrol status at the end of shift on Saturday.
The one-acre
Dissel Creek Fire, reported Tuesday evening burning five miles
southeast of John Day, was fully contained late Thursday evening.
Tomorrow
crews on the Cole Canyon Fire will continue mop-up work, anticipating
the fire to be fully contained Saturday evening. Two crews, a water cat, and a tender will be
staffing the fire. The fire burned 150
acres of private land and Prineville Bureau of Land Management ownership.
All
of these fires will be placed in patrol status and monitored until determined
to be dead out. It is possible interior
smoke may be visible. These “smokes”
will be put out if they are found to have the potential to spread fire outside
the fireline.
A Regulated-Use Closure is in effect for the
Central Oregon District to reduce human caused fires. The full proclamation and restrictions are
available at https://gisapps.odf.oregon.gov/firerestrictions/PFR.html. Preventing human caused fires allows
firefighters to focus suppression effort on fires started by lightning. These focused activities result in smaller
fires with less damage to natural resources and communities and fewer impacts
to air quality.
For additional information on ODF’s Central
Oregon District, including contact information and unit offices, please visit www.ODFcentraloregon.com.