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Current Situation: Firefighters, crews, and heavy-equipment operators made great progress in suppression repair operations around the Diamond Complex on Monday. With favorable weather conditions over the past several days, personnel and equipment have been completing repair projects around this large-scale complex. Another weather system with rain is forecasted through Wednesday. Crews plan to continue their operations during this weather event as it is safe to do so.

Current Situation: Due to favorable weather yesterday, fire personnel made good progress on fire-suppression repair work throughout the incident. Cooler but mostly dry conditions are expected today, which will again allow crews to continue their operations. With little to no heat or smoke detected on any of the fires, suppression repair has become the main priority of the incident.

Current Situation: California Interagency Incident Management Team 14 assumed command of the Diamond Complex and Middle Fork Fire as of 7:00 a.m. today, September 13, 2024. A weather system brought significant rains throughout the fire area Wednesday and into Thursday morning. Cold overnight temperatures near freezing were observed into this morning. A quick warming and drying trend is forecasted for today and into Saturday, while cooler temperatures, higher humidity and another weather system arrives the latter half of the weekend.

Diamond ComplexSize: 11,141 acresContainment: 86%Personnel: 599Location: 18 miles SW of Chemult, ORStart Date: July 19, 2024Cause: UndeterminedMiddle Fork FireSize: 5,286 acresContainment: 70% Personnel: 29

Diamond ComplexSize: 11,141 acresContainment: 83%Personnel: 806Location: 18 miles SW of Chemult, ORStart Date: July 19, 2024Cause: UndeterminedMiddle Fork FireSize: 5,286 acresContainment: 70% Personnel: 29

Diamond ComplexSize: 11,141 acresContainment: 81%Personnel: 794Location: 18 miles SW of Chemult, ORStart Date: July 19, 2024Cause: UndeterminedMiddle Fork FireSize: 5,286 acresContainment: 62% Personnel: 54

Diamond ComplexSize: 11,141 acresContainment: 81%Personnel: 801Location: 18 miles SW of Chemult, ORStart Date: July 19, 2024Cause: UndeterminedMiddle Fork FireSize: 5,286 acresContainment: 61% Personnel: 51

Diamond ComplexSize: 11,141 acresContainment: 81%Personnel: 935Location: 18 miles SW of Chemult, ORStart Date: July 19, 2024Cause: UndeterminedMiddle Fork FireSize: 5,286 acresContainment: 58% Personnel: 51

Diamond ComplexSize: 11,141 acresContainment: 78%Personnel: 1,143Location: 18 miles SW of Chemult, ORStart Date: July 19, 2024Cause: UndeterminedMiddle Fork FireSize: 5,286 acresContainment: 52% Personnel: 38

Diamond ComplexSize: 11,141 acresContainment: 78%Personnel: 927Location: 18 miles SW of Chemult, ORStart Date: July 19, 2024Cause: UndeterminedMiddle Fork FireSize: 5,282 acresContainment: 48% Personnel: 75