Sunday, August 17, 2014
Firefighters continued to make
good progress on all three fires yesterday despite an increase in temperatures.
High humidity has decreased fire activity substantially. With an increase in
temperatures again today, there may be some visible smoke within all three burn
areas; active fire behavior should remain at a minimum. Information officers
will be at the Arts and Crafts Fair in the Winthrop area today to provide
information about the Little Bridge Creek, Carlton Complex, and Upper Falls
Fires. Fire information officers will be conducting public tours of the fire
camp today at 2:30 p.m. The fire camp is located on Twisp/Carlton Road.
The Little Bridge
Creek Fire, located 10 miles west of Winthrop, WA between Canyon Creek and
Little Bridge Creek, is 29% contained. The fire burn area now stands at 4,958
acres, an increase of 62 acres from yesterday’s report. Resources continue to
mop-up and construct direct lines around the fire perimeter. Type 1 crews made
good progress with direct line on the north and south sides of the fire. Road
closures and area closures surrounding the fire area will remain in place. Information
is at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4051.
The Upper Falls Fire,
located 17 miles north of Winthrop, is at 8,120 acres which is an increase
of two acres from yesterday. The fire is 32% contained. Recent rainfall over
the fire area has minimized fire activity, although a high pressure that’s
building initiated a warming and drying trend. The recent rainfall allowed for
firefighters to go direct with the fire lines, which has produced good progress.
Information is at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4060.
The Carlton Complex, located
five miles SW of Okanogan, 256,108 acres. The fire is 95% contained. Suppression
repair continues with multi-agency resource advisors. Fire is still creeping
and smoldering with some smoke within the interior of the fire. Information is
at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3967.
Level 1 evacuations above the bridge at the junction of County
Road 9137 (East Chewuch Road) and County Road 1213 (West Chewuch Road) have
been lifted. Level 1 evacuations have also been lifted for the Pine Forest, Sun
Mountain, and for Twisp River Road above Elbow Coulee. The 8-Mile, Falls Creek,
Little Bridge Creek, and Twisp River drainages are still closed to entry on
National Forest lands because of the Forest closure order. Finley Road
(#4100300) and Pole Pick Mountain Road (#4100500 and #4100535) remains closed
and are impassable.
The incident management team is coordinating initial attack
response for the Methow Valley Ranger District.
Total personnel–1,687
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Hot shot crews–10
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Type II crews–29
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Type 1 helicopters–4
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Type 2 helicopters–3
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Type 3 helicopters–4
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Engines–114
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Water tenders–22
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Dozers–10
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Email Address: upperfallslittlebridgefire@gmail.com
Facebook: Great Basin National
Incident Management Team 1
Wildfire blog: upperfallslittlebridgefire.blogspot.com
Twitter: @upperfallsfire
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