Thursday, August 21, 2014
A large scale demobilization of resources for all fires is
in progress. Smoke will continue to
remain in the area as interior portions of unburned fuels will smolder and
occasionally torch. A cooling trend will continue in the area through
Friday. Cloud cover will continue to
increase by late today into Friday and widespread, wetting rain is anticipated
over the area.
The Little Bridge
Creek Fire, located 10 miles west of Winthrop, WA between Canyon Creek and
Little Bridge Creek, is 79% contained. The fire burn area remains at 4,958
acres. There is minimal fire behavior. Crews will continue to mop-up and
complete suppression repair. Good progress continues to be made on containment
for the fire. More information at: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4051.
The Upper Falls Fire,
located 17 miles north of Winthrop, remains at 8,120 acres of burned area. The
fire is now 59% contained. Fire activity will be limited to smoldering and
creeping will continue in the heavy dead and down fuels. Crews continue to
mop-up, backhaul excess equipment and complete suppression repair. More
information at: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4060.
The Carlton Complex is
located five miles SW of Okanogan. The complex is 256,108 acres and 98% contained.
Crews will continue to work on suppression repair along the fire
perimeter. This work is expected to take
approximately one week. More information at: inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3967.
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Total personnel–714
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Hot shot crews–4
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Type 2 crews–7
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Type 1 helicopters–1
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Type 2 helicopters–1
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Type 3 helicopters–2
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Engines–20
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Water tenders–15
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Dozers–10
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There are no evacuation notices in the fire area. Many of
the area Forest closures associated with the Little Bridge Creek Fire were
lifted yesterday. For the most current information visit http://www.fs.usda.gov/okawen.
Information officers will continue to visit the communities
of Twisp and Winthrop to provide information to the public on the Little Bridge
Creek, Upper Falls, and Carlton Complex Fire through Sunday. The team is
continuing to reduce the number of bulletin boards and stops as appropriate.
Call 509-997-0880 for the location of your neighborhood board or for more fire
information.
Email Address: upperfallslittlebridgefire@gmail.com
Facebook: Great Basin National
Incident Management Team 1
Wildfire blog: upperfallslittlebridgefire.blogspot.com
Twitter: @upperfallsfire
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