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Lane 1 Fire Information

Email: 2024.Lane1@firenet.gov

Fire Information: (541) 649-2399 voice/text

Friday, Sept. 6, 2024

The Lane 1 Fire became active Thursday afternoon as warm, dry conditions combined with drainage aligned winds rekindled smoldering interior pockets of unburned vegetation. The most active portion of the fire was along the Calapooya Divide between Shane Saddle and Twin Rocks. The fire spotted across the line east of the intersection of national forest service roads 2328 and 2358 in the headwaters of the Little Rock Creek drainage. Firefighters are working Friday morning on a small spot just east of 2358 NFSR. An overnight reconnaissance flight with infrared sensors detected an additional spot deeper into the drainage. Firefighters are gridding that area Friday morning. Several other interior pockets around the fire put up smoke as they too became more active Thursday, but none of those are challenging containment lines. The fire increased more than 400 acres to an estimated 25,732 acres as these interior islands were consumed.

The suppression repair continues around the fire as control lines no longer needed for containment are returned to a more natural state. Firelines are repaired by building water bars to direct water runoff from exposed soil to a more suitable direction so as not to create wash outs. Vegetative material removed from the line is pulled back over exposed areas to prevent erosion. Dozer lines require heavy equipment to restore so the areas are protected making it easier for the ground to recover. Fire weakened and other hazard trees are being removed from along firelines for the safety of firefighters working in the area. This work will also make it safer for the public once closures to public managed lands are removed. Large fuels are being removed as fire prevention measures to lessen the fuel load for future wildland fires. This woody debris is being chipped and used as ground cover. Some logs are being salvaged and stored in landings for the BLM and forest service.

Alaska Complex Incident Management Team 1 has reached the end of their assignment and are in the process of transitioning management of the Lane 1 Fire to Northwest Complex Incident Management Team 8 who is managing the neighboring Homestead Complex. The two teams have been shadowing each other to learn the operation. The transfer of command will occur Saturday morning. Suppression repair work will continue on the Lane 1 Fire.