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Homestead Complex and Lane 1 Fires 

 Update for Saturday, September 7, 2024 

Northwest Complex Incident Management Team 8 has taken over management of the Lane 1 Fire from Alaska Complex Incident Management Team 1 as of 7 AM today (Saturday, September 7) along with continuing to manage the Homestead Complex. The Alaska Team 1 has reached the end of their assignment duration and will be heading home. The Lane 1 Fire is located about four miles north/northwest from two of the fires on the Homestead Complex – the No Man Fire and the Horse Heaven Fire.  

Homestead Complex Fire 

Start Date: July 19, 2024 

Size: 11,141 acres 

Containment: 60% 

Personnel: 560 

Location: 15 miles NE of Glide, OR 

Cause: Lightning 

Fire Information: https://tinyurl.com/25vkhfjp 

Lane 1 Fire  

Start Date: July 17, 2024 

Size: 25,305 acres 

Containment: 97% 

Personnel: 336 

Location: Approx. 16 miles SE of Springfield, OR 

Cause: Lightning 

Fire Information:  https://tinyurl.com/29k3nnly 

The recent very warm and dry weather has intensified fire activity on a number of fires within the Homestead Complex and also the Lane 1 fire (as well as much of the region). Fire managers continue directing limited resources to fires based on threats to property, infrastructure, industry, and areas with the highest probability of success while providing for firefighter and public safety. 

Crews have been working to locate and contain spot fires and/or line slopovers with support from helicopter bucket drops. At the same time, large areas of these fires have been contained and mopped-up and are in “clean-up” and suppression repair stages. This work includes using crews and heavy equipment to chip and haul away forest fuels near control lines. Suppression repair groups are working to minimize the fire impacts to resources, lands, and facilities resulting from firefighting operations. Firefighters are prepared to do initial attack on any new fire starts within the delegated fire operations area and to support local fire resources. 

Fire Operations Summary: 

Homestead Complex Fire: On the Horse Heaven Creek Fire (2,421 acres), yesterday crews were able to construct control line around most of the spot fires that crossed the 3831 Road with a few more to get line around today. Also yesterday, with the support of helicopter bucket drops, a hotshot crew built handline around the slopover that crossed the line on the northwest flank.  Firing operations were completed along the northern perimeter of the planned burnout area.  

On the No Man Fire (2,072 ac., containment: 28%), crews are patrolling and mopping-up. Chipping operations are continuing and suppression repair is underway.  

On the Fuller Lake Fire, the fire has progressed north and joined with the Bullpup Fire at its southern flank. The priority objective for crews is to keep fire within established control lines located to the north of the Bullpup Fire in order to prevent the fire from progressing toward critical habitat for wild steelhead (the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area). Yesterday there were multiple spots across containment lines on the southern area of Fuller Lake Fire that crews were working to contain, and will continue working on today. The southeast corner of the Fuller Lake Fire has progressed south to include approximately 500 to 100 acres of the Boulder Creek Wilderness Area; and fire has crossed dozer line on the northeast corner of the fire next to the 5851 Road. Helicopter bucket drops yesterday helped control spot fires and to moderate fire behavior. Work to reinforce control lines on the 300 and 200 roads is nearing completion. On the Bullpup Fire, crews continue improving containment lines to the north, chipping, road cleanup, patrolling and mopping-up. 

Three of the seven fires on the complex have now reached 100% containment, the Salmon 33 Fire (275 ac.) on August 24, 2024, the Reynolds Butte Fire (334 ac.) on August 22, 2024, and the Lost Bucket Fire (34 ac.) on July 29, 2024. Suppression repair work will continue on the Reynolds Butte and Lost Bucket fires. 

On the Lane 1 Fire (20,305 ac., containment: 97%), the suppression repair continues around the fire where control lines no longer needed for containment are returned to a more natural state. This work will also make it safer for the public once closures to public managed lands are removed. 

Weather: Warm and dry conditions will continue. Temperatures will approach the 90s. Winds will light from the southeast in the AM and then become northwesterly in the PM.  There remains a slight possibility of a shower or isolated thunderstorm. 

Closures and Fire Restrictions: 

There is one large closure impacting the Cottage Grove, North Umpqua, and Diamond Lake districts. Emergency Fire Closure ORDER NO. 06-15-24-07: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/umpqua/alerts-notices/?aid=88996. On August 30, 2024, the Umpqua National Forest decreased Public Use Restrictions (PURs) to Level 2, visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umpqua/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD1202470. For more information on PURs, IFPLs, or other fire management information, visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/umpqua/fire 

The closure order issued by Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Roseburg District, for portions of BLM land which border the Umpqua National Forest Emergency Fire Closure north of Steamboat remains in effect: https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2024-07/orwa-fpo-rbg-072624.pdf  

There is a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over the fires. Please remember, if you fly we can’t! If a drone or other aircraft enters the air space, all firefighting aviation equipment will be grounded. 

Fire Information Line: 541-208-7100 (Staffed 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) 

Email: 2024.homesteadcomplex@firenet.gov 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HomesteadComplexFireInfo/