Close up footage of a large air tanker dropping retardant to stop the flames from spreading along a road on the #BoxcarFire (credit: Sam Pearcy)
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Central OR Fire Info
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Central OR Fire Info
@CentralORFire
Providing official information on wildfires in Central Oregon on Prineville District BLM, Deschutes & Ochoco NFs & OR Dept of Forestry-Prineville/Sisters Units.
Joined May 2013
- The #grandviewfire approximately 9 miles northeast of Sisters is now 100% contained. Great job, firefighters!
- Due to the hard work of all the cooperating agencies' ground & air resources have stopped the forward progression on Mile Marker 132 fire. The 20-acre fire started just East of Hwy 97, north of Cooley Rd & south of Beechcraft Ln. All aircraft released by 7:20pm & now mopping up.
- Who's smoke is it? This tool shows how weather patterns are shifting smoke from western US #wildfires haze.airfire.org/websky/v1/run/โฆ
- The #darlenefire east of La Pine is now 100% contained. There may be overhead hazards in the fire area and the public is encouraged to use caution. Great work, firefighters!
- Shout out to the person who just reported an abandoned campfire & put it out. Campfires are not allowed on federal lands in Central Oregon except in designated campgrounds. We have extreme fire conditions and resources are spread thin and working hard. A spark might take a life.
- Four Central Oregon Rappellers have knocked down incident 491 on the south side of Maiden Peak on the Crescent RD (@DesNatlForest) with some support from strategic helicopter bucket drops to cool hot spots. Nice catch, Rapps!
- The #darlene3fire is now 50% contained and remains 3,889 acres. OSFM resources will be demobilizing throughout the day today. We are so grateful for their work, Thank You OSFM Red Team!
- Last night Firefighters on the #Darlene3Fire successfully lined and completed firing operations on the new growth to the east. Current size is 2620 acres with 30% containment.
00:00 - With 19 lightning wildfire starts across Central Oregon firefighting crews are keeping busy. More fires are likely to come over the next day or two. Please do everything you can do to prevent human caused starts. We have enough going on with natural starts!
- The Darlene 3 Fire is now 100% contained. #thankyoufirefighters A local type 4 incident commander took over the fire this morning. Firefighters will remain on the fire continuing to mop up hotspots and patrol through the weekend. #darlene3fire
- Forward progress of Juniper Ridge fire north of Bend stopped. Still very hot on interior. Photo of incident earlier today from John Wood on Bravo-73.
- About 85 firefighters from Australia & New Zealand have arrived in Central Oregon to help with fires in Washington, Oregon & N. California. They're helping fill roles like Division Supervisors, Helicopter Mngrs, Task Force leaders, Heave Equip Bosses & more! Welcome & thank you!!
- As fire activity picked up on #Darlene3Fire today, fire crews worked hard to protect critical infrastructure that provides communications and power to the area. As seen here, a task force from Yamhill County rolled in to minimize fire growth on the western flank of the fire.
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