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Cottage Grove – Lane 1 Fire Daily Update – Thursday, August 8, 2024 

The Cottage Grove – Lane 1 Fire is a total of 17,830 acres and considered 9% contained. Percent containment represents sections of fire line that pose no escape risk without further action from firefighters. There are currently 1293 personnel assigned to the incident.   

With help from favorable weather conditions over the last several days, firefighters have successfully conducted burnout operations, tying together the Lane 1 and Adam Mountain Fire. Firefighters continue to work on a variety of operational tasks, including prepping, chipping, firing, holding and mopping up.  

New personnel are arriving to relieve resources timing out and Oregon Department of Forestry Team I (Joe Hessel) will be transitioning with the North Carolina team to take over management of the fire at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. 

Closures: Due to the wildfires, the Umpqua National Forest has issued Forest Order No. 06-15-24-03 and Forest Order No. 06-15-02-24-01 that can be found at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/aler/umpqua/alerts-notices. 

The Bureau of Land Management has issued the following emergency closure for Lane County: https://www.blm.gov/announcement/bureau-land-management-expands-emergency-fire-closure-due-cottage-grove-lane-1-fire 

The following County roads are closed except to owners of private lands accessed from these roads: Brice Creek Road east of Umpqua National Forest Boundary, all of Sharps Creek Road.  

Evacuations: A “Level 2” evacuation notice is in effect for the Bohemia Mining District and Fairview Peak. Additionally, a “Level 1” evacuation notice has been issued by the Lane County Sheriff’s Department for areas east of Disston, starting at Brice Creek Road milepost 0.7 and following Brice Creek Road south. An evacuation map is available at: www.LaneCountyOR.gov/Lane1Fire. 

Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR): A “TFR” is in place at an altitude from the surface up to and including 8500 feet, daily (24 hours) until further notice. Complete information is available at https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_4814.html. Flying a drone near or around a wildfire compromises the safety of pilots and interferes with firefighting efforts. 

For further information visit the Inciweb links for each Cottage Grove-Lane 1 fires below: 

Lane 1: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/or77s-Cottage-Grove-lane-1