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September 25, 2024 

There are five fires under active management within the Lane 1 and Homestead Complex, totaling approximately 35,860 acres, with 630 people assigned. The Lane 1 fire is 99% contained, and the Homestead Complex is 35% contained. 

Crews are clearing and repairing roads impacted by the fires and by fire suppression activities. 101 miles of roadside have been chipped with 27 miles remaining, and 70 miles of road have been repaired with 58 miles remaining. For the Lane 1 Fire, 80 miles of roadside have been chipped with 5 miles remaining, and 58 miles of road has been repaired with 35 miles remaining.

Firefighters are improving containment lines across the fire area by reducing fuels through mastication, chipping wood, and hauling fuels to landings away from the fire. There are still many miles of uncontained fire edge. Crews have been systematically searching fire perimeters and extinguishing all detected hot spots, with mop up and patrol as needed.

On the Horse Heaven Fire, infrared detected hot spots in the northwest portion of the fire. Firefighters extinguished and mopped up those areas. Crews are patrolling in the south. Chipping and grading continue on the 3839 Road to the east of the Horse Heaven Fire area. Firefighters used helicopter water drops to suppress hot spots in the north.

Smoke was seen on the Fuller Lake Fire today. Expect to see new areas of fire as fuels continue to dry out over the next few days. Fire will continue to back, creep, and smolder in the Boulder Creek Wilderness area.  On the southeast portion of the Fuller Lake Fire, a new spot fire was discovered and extinguished. Fuel break work continues in the southeast portion with 4 masticators, 2 crews, and 2 chippers. Firefighters used two helicopters to drop water to support firefighters on the ground.

On the northern part of the Bullpup Fire, crews are chipping, roads are being repaired, and culverts are being cleaned out. Grading will begin on the 3850 Road which is a major access road for fire crews. 

On the No Man Fire, no fire was detected. Crews will maintain a presence in the area for the next few days.

On the Lane 1 Fire, Chipping was completed on the east side of the Lane 1 Fire along Pudding Road, and the Umpqua Forest Road Crew will begin road rehabilitation work which is expected to take 8 days. Chipping has been completed on the 2241 Road and road grading will continue on the 2263 Road. The rest of Lane 1 is in patrol status.

Closures and fire restrictions: The Umpqua National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have issued revised closure orders. Two closure orders impact the Umpqua National Forest https://t.ly/Mvn6G. A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roseburg District closure order is in effect for BLM road 24-1-25.0, bordering the Umpqua National Forest closure north of Steamboat https://t.ly/uWX6l. A BLM Northwest Oregon District closure west of the Lane 1 fire has been lifted. https://t.ly/oW1lG.

Weather and fire behavior: Increasing clouds and cooler weather will keep temperatures in the 60s. There is a possibility of slight rain in the late afternoon to midnight. Thursday will see the start of a warming trend into the weekend heating things up again with fuels continuing to dry out. Expect an increase in fire behavior and smoke production with new fires possibly popping up.