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Dry Gulch – Eagle Complex – Cornet/Windy Ridge
Fire Information
Update
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015
Fire Information: (541) 975-4271
(541) 523-1208
Smoke Visible on Fires with Warm,
Dry Weather
Smoke is appearing in the Dry Gulch, Eagle Complex,
and Cornet-Windy Ridge fires with the warm, dry weather. The weather forecast is for continued warm and
dry conditions through the weekend, with no significant precipitation predicted. All fire containment lines are holding. Firefighters are watching these fires
closely, and extinguishing the smokes that are near the perimeter of the fire,
and putting them out in the interior of the fire as needed. A helicopter with a bucket is available for
water drops and reconnaissance missions.
Dry Gulch Fire: A small local Type 4 organization took command
of the Dry Gulch Fire yesterday, under Randy Simrell, Type 4 Incident
Commander. Resources assigned to the
fire today include 1 crew and 3 engines, working out of Halfway, OR.
The Dry Gulch fire burned 17,823 acres which
includes: 10,396 acres (58%) of Bureau of Land Management land; 2480 acres
(14%) on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest; 4814 acres (27%) of other
jurisdictions; and 133 acres (1%) of land protected by the Oregon Department of
Forestry. The cause of the fire is under
investigation. No structures were lost
in the Dry Gulch fire. There are no evacuation notices in place for the Dry
Gulch fire.
The crew is continuing to secure the fire line and mop
up hot spots in the timber along the northern perimeter of the fire. They started at the edge of the fire and
worked in deeper from the perimeter. Firefighters
used hand held infrared cameras to find heat along the north perimeter of the
fire, and then extinguished those hot spots.
The excavators and dozer have finished repairing
the effects of fire suppression on contingency dozer fire lines, by pulling
back berm material, and spreading brush, limbs and rocks over contingency fire
lines that were constructed by dozers.
Water bars were installed to divert run off water along dozer fire lines
on slopes. Suppression repair work on
the dozer fire lines used for control along the perimeter of the Dry Gulch fire
will be done later this fall when those fire lines are no longer needed for
fire suppression.
Eagle Complex: Smoke is visible in the Sullivan Creek area on the
east side of the fire, and on the west side of the fire in the Boulder and Two
Color area. A hotshot crew is assigned
to the Eagle Complex beginning today, to mop up smokes and patrol the Sullivan
Creek area. Other resources include a
ten person crew, engines, and dozer.
The suppression repair work has been completed on
all the interior and contingency dozer fire lines on the Eagle Complex. Water
bars were installed on dozer lines on slopes to prevent erosion. Berm material was put back in place, and
brush, limbs and rocks were spread over these dozer lines. After the fire suppression is finished this
fall, the fire suppression repair work will be done on the primary dozer fire
lines used for control around the perimeter of the fire.
Cornet-Windy Ridge
Fire: A helicopter reconnaissance flight found a small slop
over outside the fire line on Monday in the Denny Creek area on the northwest
side of the fire, and firefighters quickly extinguished it. A helicopter flight with an infrared camera searched
the perimeter of the Cornet-Windy Ridge fire yesterday, and did not find any
additional hot spots. A crew and 3
engines continue to monitor and patrol the fire each day, to extinguish any
heat they find along the perimeter of the fire.
Public
Use Fire Restrictions:
Campfires are allowed in the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest with specific requirements for a cleared area,
fire ring, tools and water to make them safe.
For more detailed information please contact any Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest office or visit the website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa-whitman/. Information is also available at the Blue
Mountain Fire Information BlogSpot at http://bluemountainfireinfo.blogspot.com/.
A regulated closure is in effect on state
and private lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) in northeast
Oregon. Please check with a local Oregon Department of Forestry office for more
complete information on public use fire restrictions on lands protected by ODF,
or visit the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch webpage at: www.bmidc.org.
Fire prevention orders are also in
effect for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). For further information contact a BLM office
or the website at www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale.
Dry Gulch Fire:
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17,823 Acres
90% Containment
36 Personnel
Cause-Under investigation
7 miles NW of Richland, OR
OR Dept. of Forestry
Wallowa-Whitman NF
Bureau of Land Mgt.
Eagle Valley RFPD
Pine Valley RFPD
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Eagle Complex:
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12,763 Acres
75% Containment
40 Personnel
Cause – Lightning
20 Miles NW of Richland, OR
Wallowa-Whitman NF
OR Dept. of Forestry
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Cornet-Windy Ridge Fire: |
103,887 Acres
100% Containment
20 Personnel
Cause – Lightning
4 Miles west of Durkee
OR Dept. of Forestry
Wallowa-Whitman NF Bureau of Land Mgt. |
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