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11:00 AM, August 23, 2024

Estimated size: 189 acres
Start Date/Time: July 17, 2024
Area of Origin: Johannesburg Mountain. 1 Mile East of Mineral Park C.G.
Cause: Lightning
Fuels/Topography: Timber, rugged terrain
Structures Damaged: None, there are no homes threatened at this time.
Evacuations: None

Closures: Cascade River Road at and including Marble Creek Campground, Mineral Park Campground, and all tributary roads, trailheads, and trails are all closed. The public is not to enter the area for public and firefighter safety.
Full closure orders available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/mbs

Update: With cool temperatures, heavy cloud cover, and intermittent rain, the fire has grown very little in recent days. Firefighter activity continues along the Cascade River Road and FS Road 1590. With rainfall predicted leading into the weekend, minimal fire growth is expected in the coming days.

Weather: Upper level low off the Oregon coast today will move inland tonight and weaken into an upper level trough. Showers increasing this afternoon. Good chance system stalls over the site later tonight into Saturday morning giving the area significant rain. Showers decreasing Saturday afternoon as trough moves east. Drier and warmer Sunday with upper level ridge building into the area. High temperature of 62, with light winds becoming west 5 to 7 mph late in the morning.

Smoke: For more information on smoke and air quality please visit: https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/

Air Space Restrictions: There are no air space restrictions at this time.

Forest Restrictions: The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie has a full campfire ban and forest-wide shooting restrictions in place to help prevent human-caused starts during this period of unprecedented resource scarcity. Additional details at: www.fs.usda.gov/mbs
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