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Tiger Island, Hwy 113, Lions Camp Road and Elizabeth Fires

Daily Update – Tuesday October 3, 2023 

Southern Area Complex Incident Management Gold Team 

Hours: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.              Phone: 318-239-9263                Email: 2023.TigerIsland@firenet.gov

Facebook page for all fires: https://www.facebook.com/TigerIslandFire

Louisiana Statewide Burn Ban Modified

As of 5 p.m. on September 27, 2023, LDAF modified its burn ban order to allow agricultural burning to resume, including but not limited to prescribed burning except for standing sugarcane. The Louisiana Office of the State Fire Marshal also modified its burn barn order to allow individual parishes to opt out of the statewide burn ban, fire chiefs to resume granting burn permissions, and certain live fire training to resume with its written permission as of 5 p.m., September 29, 2023. This order is reevaluated weekly. As parishes opt out of the statewide burn ban, the Louisiana Burn Ban Map will be updated at https://t.ly/CETXf. Visit https://t.ly/Y5b9N for more information.

Fire Highlights

Fire Behavior inside the fires’ footprint was minimal again yesterday. On the Tiger Island, Hwy.113, Elizabeth and Lions Camp Road Fires, crews continue to patrol containment lines, sought out heat signatures identified from infrared flights, and mop up hot spots. Crews continue to clear containment lines of needle cast that has the potential to reignite fires. On the Highway 113 and Elizabeth Fires, firefighters continue to identify heat sources within the 10-mile Creek Drainage. Timber salvage operations continue making progress on the Tiger Island and Lions Camp Road Fires. 

Crews will continue to patrol containment lines today for heat sources that could initiate reburning of fuels, mop up and patrol containment lines again today  All resources will be available to assist the state with initial attack resources as needed. 

Tiger Island Fire: 31,290 acres, no change | 84% contained| 189 personnel assigned

InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-tiger-island-fire 

  Hwy. 113 Fire: 7,124 acres, no change | 95% contained | 30 personnel assigned

InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-hwy-113-fire 

 Lions Camp Road Fire: 785 acres, no change | 95% contained | 4 personnel assigned. 

InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-lions-camp-road-fire

   Elizabeth Fire: 940 acres, no change | 98% contained | 13 personnel assigned 

InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/lalas-elizabeth-fire

Equipment 

Type 6 engines, dozers, tractor plow units, water tenders, medical squads and ambulances and aerial resources including helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft are assigned to the fires. Parish authorities and departments, sheriff’s offices, and the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness are also providing additional support.

Weather and Fire Behavior

A Red Flag Warning was issued yesterday from 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM for the fires and surrounding area. Today will bring elevated fire danger with hot and unusually dry conditions with breezy afternoons that will favor the initiation and rapid spread of wildfires. Initial attack remains a possibility and fire behavior will be very aggressive for crews responding to those fires. Continuing updates on fire weather conditions are available at https://www.weather.gov/lch/.

Air Quality

Smoke may occur in reburn areas. Air quality information is available at https://fire.airnow.gov.

Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs)

TFRs remain in place over the Tiger Island Fire (https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_3911.html). A smaller, new TFR is in place for the Hwy. 113 and Elizabeth Fires https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_4065.html). Remember: If you fly, we can’t.