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September 14, 2024

Northwest Complex Incident Management Team 7 took over management of the Homestead Complex and the Cottage Grove – Lane 1 fires last night. In total, 510 people are assigned to these fires. Fire managers are continuing to use direct and indirect tactics to respond to all the fires under a full suppression strategy. Three of the seven fires in the Homestead Complex are 100% contained: the Salmon 33 Fire (275 acres); the Reynolds Butte Fire (334 acres); and the Lost Bucket Fire (34 acres). Crews are improving containment lines by reducing fuels through mastication, chipping wood, and hauling fuel to landings away from the fire. 

On the Horse Heaven Fire (2,715 acres, 56% containment), crews will continue with mop-up operations on lined spots ON the north flank. Road clean-up, chipping and log hauling is underway on other flanks of the fire. 

On the Fuller Lake Fire (3,516 acres, 0% containment) yesterday, firefighters on the west flank cut out trees blocking the 3810 Road where the fire had previously crossed. Crews also continued mopping up a spot fire on the southwest corner near the 3810 Road. Today, the plan is to continue mopping up, chipping, road clearing, and locating additional control lines.   

The Bullpup Fire (520 acres, 7% containment) remains within control lines. Yesterday, 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 (2,089 acres, 44% containment), crews will be 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 log hauling operations and repairing forest road infrastructure. This work will also make road travel safer for the public once closures to public lands 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.