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Homestead Complex and Lane 1 Fire Daily Update for Sunday, September 15, 2024

Firefighters are working to suppress eight fires, totaling approximately 35,650 acres. In total there are 652 people assigned to these fires. Firefighters are using direct and indirect tactics to respond to all the fires under a full suppression strategy. Three of the eight fires in the Homestead Complex are 100% contained: the Salmon 33 Fire (275 acres) on August 24; the Reynolds Butte Fire (334 acres) on August 22; and the Lost Bucket Fire (34 acres) on July 29. 

Crews are improving containment lines by reducing fuels through mastication, chipping wood, and hauling fuel to landings away from the fire. While the fires have grown only slightly over the past few days, there are still approximately 74 miles of uncontained fire edge. Firefighters are accessing and extinguishing hot spots and continue finding and suppressing spot fires outside of the main fires. Crews are also clearing and repairing roads damaged by the fires and by fire suppression activities to ensure continued access.

On the Horse Heaven Fire (2,741 acres, 56% containment), crews will continue with mop-up operations on lined spots just north of the north flank. Crews have recently found spot fires requiring additional work. Road clean-up, chipping and log hauling is underway on other flanks of the fire. 

On the Fuller Lake Fire (3,690 acres, 0% containment) yesterday, on the northeast flank, crews built additional fire line to contain an area of persistent heat. Today, the plan is to continue mopping up, chipping, road clearing, and locating additional control lines. 

On the Bullpup Fire (535 acres, 7% containment), crews were busy with chipping and road clean-up on the 200 Road that is serving as a primary control line. The priority objective for fire managers is to prevent the fire from progressing further north toward critical habitat for wild steelhead (the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area).

On the No Man Fire (2,090 acres, 44% containment), crews are working near Chilcoot Mountain to suppress a persistent hot spot on the south flank. Crews are also patrolling, mopping-up, chipping, hauling logs and conducting suppression repair operations.

On the Lane 1 Fire (29,951 acres, 99% containment), clean-up and suppression repair work will continue around the fire. The work includes chipping vegetation and hauling logs, as well as repairing forest road infrastructure. Clearing vegetation and repairing roads will also make travel safer for the public once public lands closures are removed.

Closures and fire restrictions: Two closure orders impact every District of the Umpqua National Forest https://t.ly/Mvn6G . The forest is in High Fire Danger with Public Use Restrictions at Level 2 https://t.ly/LI4cd . A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District closure order for portions of BLM land bordering the Umpqua National Forest closure north of Steamboat remains in effect https://t.ly/uWX6l . 

Weather: Cooler weather with higher humidity has helped reduce fire behavior. This trend will continue through next week, with periods of rainfall expected. Some limited periods of drying may create isolated areas of visible smoke.