Friday, August 15, 2014
Rain created an
opportunity for our firefighters to safely take more direct action on the
fires. There is a possibility of debris flows today in the burn areas of all
three fires.
The Little Bridge
Creek Fire, located 10 miles west of Winthrop, WA between Canyon Creek and
Little Bridge Creek, is 19% contained. The fire is approximately 5,217 acres.
Past prescribed burns by the Methow Valley Ranger District limited the spread
on the southeast side of the fire. Yesterday, rain and cooler weather again helped
firefighters. Crews worked directly near the fire to improve and hold control
lines and will continue to do the same today. More information is at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4051.
The Upper Falls Fire,
located 17 miles north of Winthrop, is holding at 8,113 acres. The fire is
25% contained. The rain helped firefighters construct and improve fire
lines. Crews are continuing direct action to contain the fire. More information
is at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/9060.
The Carlton Complex, located
five miles SW of Okanogan, is holding at the 256,108 acres. The fire is 96%
contained. Today, crews are securing and reinforcing fire lines and continuing
suppression repair on dozer and hand lines. More information is at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3967.
Level 1 evacuations
remain in effect above the bridge at the junction of County Road 9137 (East
Chewuch Road) and County Road 1213 West Chewuch Road). This area is also closed
to entry on National Forest lands because of the Forest closure order. No
structures or infrastructure are immediately threatened. No Level 2 or
Level 3 evacuation notices exist for these fires. Level 1 notification remains
in place for the Pine Forest, Sun Mountain, and for Twisp River Road above
Elbow Coulee.
Information officers will again be in the Twisp and Winthrop area
today to provide information about the Little Bridge Creek, Carlton Complex,
and Upper Falls Fires. For the latest information on smoke and air quality, go
to: http://wasmoke.blogspot.com.
The incident management
team is also coordinating initial attack response for the Methow Valley Ranger
District.
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Total personnel–1,685
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Hot shot crews–5
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Type II crews–30
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Type 1 helicopters–2
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Type 2 helicopters–3
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Type 3 helicopters–4
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Engines–122
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Water tenders–44
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Dozers–21
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Facebook: Great Basin National Incident Management Team 1
Wildfire blog: upperfallslittlebridgefire.blogspot.com
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