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PYRAMID FIRE:East of Middle Santiam Wilderness, 963 Acres, 7 Percent Contained, Total Personnel, 344, Lightning Caused

PYRAMID FIRE:East of Middle Santiam Wilderness, 615 Acres, 5 Percent Contained, Total Personnel, 280, Lightning caused

SPECIAL NOTE: Due to the unprecedented amount of fire activity, California Incident Management Team 5 will also take command of the Slate Fire on the Detroit Ranger District.  PYRAMID FIRE Location: East of Middle Santiam Wilderness, 615 acres, 0 percent contained, Total Personnel: 253 (both fires) 

CURRENT SITUATION: In the past few days, significant progress has been made in opening existing roads and establishing a control line around the perimeter of the fire. Additional crews, fire hose, and pumps are being added to strengthen firefighting efforts. Today, heavy equipment and masticators will continue working north and east around the fire's perimeter. 

 CURRENT SITUATION: Yesterday, fire activity was again affected by an inversion over the area. In the afternoon, increased fire activity was observed on the fire's southwest flank when the inversion lifted. Very little activity was observed for the remainder of the fire. Today, the focus of control efforts continues with the opening of forest roads using heaving equipment and masticators around the fire perimeter to protect the Middle Santiam Wilderness, private industrial timberlands, and nearby communities.

CURRENT SITUATION: Yesterday, a change in weather conditions helped to reduce the fire activity. The fire is burning in an old-growth and mature forest with no recent history of fire and is located in steep, rugged, and inaccessible terrain. Crews have begun improving and opening existing forest and overgrown roads, which will help prevent the fire from spreading towards the Middle Santiam Wilderness, private industrial timberlands, and nearby communities.

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