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AERIAL RESOURCES AND GROUND CREWS COMBINE EFFORTS ON THE FOSSIL COMPLEX

SPRAY, Ore. – The Service Fire continues to be the focus of firefighting operations on the Fossil Complex. The weather was favorable for aerial resources to work in tandem with crews on the ground in an attempt to minimize fire spread. The Service Fire lies on the east side of Highway 19, which is closed near Bear Hollow Park between mileposts 65 and 68.

Firefighters anchored a containment line along the southern perimeter of the fire and will advance from there. Along the fire’s active northwest and northeast flanks firefighters held spot fires found yesterday in place with the help of strong aerial support.

The Two Cabin, Kinzua, and Holmes Fires are showing minimal activity as crews finish mop-up operations and move toward patrol status. The Canyon Fire showed some interior torching deep within containment lines. As the need for resources on these fires diminishes, they will be shifted to the Service Fire and any other critical areas on the Fossil Complex.

Thunderstorms moved through the area today, producing about a dozen lighting strikes near the Canyon and Two Cabin Fires, but no wetting rain. A red flag warning remains in effect until 11:00 PM tonight.

Evacuations: Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 evacuation orders remain in place on the Service fire.

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Fire Restrictions and Forest Closures

ODF: www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/restrictions.aspx

Umatilla NF: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/alerts-notices/...

BLM: http://www.blm.gov/.../oregon-washington/fire-restrictions

FIRE AT A GLANCE

Fossil Complex

Total Size: 4,421 acres

Two Cabin-251acres

Canyon-190 acres

Kinzua-96 acres

Holmes-15 acres

Service-3,869acres

Containment: 3%

Cause: Lightning

Current Cost: 2.6M

All Resources

Hand Crews: 25

Engines: 6

Water Tender: 1

Dozers: 3

Skidders: 2

Skidgen: 1

Total Resources: 273

Aerial Resources

Type 1: 1

Type 2: 2

Type 3: 3

Evacuations:

Level 1: 14 addresses

Level 2: 11 addresses

Level 3: 14 addresses

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ODF Incident Commander:

Matt Howard

Incident Management Team 2