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FOSSIL, Ore. – Because the Fossil Complex is at 100% containment and the focus will be on suppression repair, this will be the final update. The Service Fire repair on the north side is nearing completion. Work is expected to be done after today. The south side is also nearing completion, including the interior island. Work on the Two Cabin Fire should be completed today. As work is completed, crews will move to the Lonerock Fire and Battle Mountain Complex completing scouting and repair. Work on the Lonerock Fire will be on the northwestern edge as it nears...

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Fire Information Links: https://linktr.ee/odfteam1 Phone: 541-362-4119 Email: imt1.fireinfo@odf.oregon.gov MITCHELL, Ore. – Crews are expected to complete mop up and suppression repair of the Shoe Fly Fire today. The remaining mop up work is near Baldy Mountain, where efforts will focus on gridding for any remaining heat. Suppression repair work near Baldy Mountain and in the Peggy Butte area will be completed today as well. Final backhaul of hose and equipment to the Incident Command Post to be returned to fire cache will occur today. As firefighters complete mop up...

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Fire Information Links: https://linktr.ee/odfteam1 Phone: 541-362-4119 Email: imt1.fireinfo@odf.oregon.gov MITCHELL, Ore. – Mop up on the Shoe Fly Fire is near completion. Firefighters have reached 300 feet of cold black adjacent to the perimeter on much of the 26,774 acre fire, resulting in an increase of containment to 77%. Today, firefighters will continue to mop up heavier fuels in the Gird’s Creek area on the southwest flank and around Baldy Mountain on the northeast corner of the fire. These areas have timber and larger fuels that hold heat longer and require...

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Fire Information Links: https://linktr.ee/odfteam1 Phone: 541-362-4119 Email: imt1.fireinfo@odf.oregon.gov MITCHELL, Ore. – Crews on the Shoe Fly Fire continue to work into the interior of the fire from the perimeter, creating an area of cold black adjacent to the fireline. The fire has reached 65% containment with significant portions of the fire in patrol status and all areas with a minimum of 100 feet mopped up from the perimeter into the interior of the fire. Today, crews will focus on areas with larger fuels that may still be holding heat and fire. With the...

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Fire Information Links: https://linktr.ee/odfteam1 Phone: 541-362-4119 Email: imt1.fireinfo@odf.oregon.gov MITCHELL, Ore. – All evacuation notices associated with the Shoe Fly Fire have been cancelled by Wheeler County Sheriff, Emergency Management and the Fire Defense Board Chief as of Wednesday morning. The fire continues to hold within containment lines. Rain and thunderstorms passed over the fire area on Wednesday and overnight into Thursday, dropping nearly a quarter inch of rain. This rain was beneficial in some parts of the fire but may not have penetrated the...

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Fire Information Links: https://linktr.ee/odfteam1 Phone: 541-362-4119 Email: imt1.fireinfo@odf.oregon.gov MITCHELL, Ore. – Firefighters took a moment this morning during briefing to reflect on lives lost as a result of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Firelines on the Shoe Fly Fire were tested Tuesday by steady winds. Lines held and the fire remained in the existing footprint. Increased acreage today is not due to perimeter growth, but is the result of better mapping, data collection and burning inside the fireline. Hard work put in by firefighters and...

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Fire Information Links: https://linktr.ee/odfteam1 Phone: 541-362-4119 Email: imt1.fireinfo@odf.oregon.gov MITCHELL, Ore. – Firefighters on the Shoe Fly Fire have completed perimeter control and are turning efforts to mop up and suppression repair work. The fire is 26,502 acres with 32% containment. Incident Commander Joe Hessel told firefighters and landowners at Tuesday morning’s briefing, “We have turned the corner on the fire, we aren’t trying to chase and catch it anymore. Now it’s time to focus on a thorough, coordinated, methodical mop up around the fire.”...