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Homestead/Diamond Complexes and Lane 1 Fires

Sept. 28, 2024

Fire Information: 541-208-7100, 8 AM - 8 PM

InciWeb-Homestead: https://t.ly/syeHa and InciWeb-Diamond: https://bit.ly/4gCfLsp

Seven fires within the Homestead Complex, Lane 1, and Diamond Complex remain under active management by Northwest Team 12. Firefighting resources from the Homestead Complex remain available for initial attack response as needed and were successful at quickly containing a new fire start on the Cottage Grove Ranger District yesterday, limiting the fire spread to under one acre. 

Homestead Complex: 9,958 acres, 35% contained │ Lane 1: 25,951 acres, 99% contained │ Diamond Complex: 11,141 acres, 90% contained │ Total personnel: 560

Yesterday, fire managers flew reconnaissance flights and observed moderate smoke and slow creeping and backing fire activity on the Horse Heaven and Fuller Lake Fires. Crews and heavy equipment accomplished more fire suppression repair work that will be ongoing for the next several days. Resource advisors are inspecting completed work to ensure mitigation objectives are met and efforts are effective at reducing impacts from fire suppression activities on natural resources.

On the Horse Heaven Fire, firefighters removed hose along the north perimeter and will continue to patrol and monitor the northeast side to make sure interior hotspots remain secure. Mastication and chipping along the roads continue to progress smoothly. Crews will also be repairing dozer line, scattering woody debris and constructing water bars to prevent impacts from possible erosion. 

The Fuller Lake Fire continues to back and creep in areas of heavy fuels within the Boulder Creek Wilderness. Mastication work was completed along Forest Service Road 3810 and chipping will continue today. Fire crews will work along the roads to clear ditches and specially trained teams of sawyers will work to remove snags and hazard trees that pose a threat to public safety in transportation corridors. 

Fire resources patrolling the No Man Fire observed a handful of interior smokes yesterday and verified they were not a threat to the fireline. Engines will continue to monitor these smokes to ensure the fire remains secure. On the Bullpup Fire, numerous roads are still being graded and chipping along roads is continuing. 

On the Lane 1 Fire, minor work remains on the east side in the Fairview area. Chipping is finished and crews are close to completion of dozer line repair work. 

Two fires remain uncontained on the Diamond Complex. Fire managers observed isolated smoldering on the Potter Fire but determined this poses no threat to the containment of the fire. Road grading will continue on Forest Service Road 3704 and fire crews will continue to gather and remove, or “backhaul,” signage and flagging. The Pine Bench Fire is wrapping up and showed no visible smoke.  

Closures: The Umpqua National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have revised closure orders. Two closure orders impact the Umpqua National Forest https://t.ly/Mvn6G. A BLM Roseburg District closure order remain also remains in place https://t.ly/uWX6l. 

Weather: Conditions will remain warm and dry today, with a short-lived cooling trend on Sunday. A return to warm and dry weather will resume on Monday and Tuesday.