Firefighters have been busy the last several days after widespread lightning started 35 fires on the Klamath National Forest. Additional engines, crews, dozers and aircraft were brought in from neighboring units to bolster local firefighting capabilities. Firefighters have been working in steep terrain and very high temperatures to contain these fires. Two heat-related injurieshave been reported during this event.
 Today is the first day that no new lightning fires were discovered since the storms came through.  Most of the fires are less than .25 acres in size. All but three of these fires are contained, in patrol status, or have been called out. The three fires that remain active have fire personnel on scene strengthening containment lines and mopping up.

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 Active fires on the Klamath National Forest as of July 30, 2020

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 Link to July 29, 2020 News Release:  Klamath National Forest Fighting Multiple Fires from Recent Lighting

 View the 7/28/2020 news release:  Click here

View a map of lightning-caused fires on the Klamath National Forest as of July 28, 2020

 A short video taken by Air Attack flying over the Doolittle Fire near Happy Camp, CA on July 28, 2020.

 Full News Release available on the Klamath National Forest website at 7/27 News Release

Greenhouse Daily FINAL Update 7/30/2020 
 
Today is the final day that the Northwest Incident Management Team 6 will be directing operations for the Greenhouse Fire.  Command will be transferred from this Type 2 team to Mt. Tolman Fire at 6:00 a.m. on Friday, July 31st.

7/29/2020 Daily Update
 
Yesterday temperatures reached 101 degrees, the humidity dropped to eleven percent, and wind gusts up to 28 miles per hour were recorded on lower elevations within the fire.  “In areas with receptive fuels, these weather conditions can result in extreme fire behavior,” said Steve Ziel, Incident Fire Behavior Analysist. “It is obvious that our fire fighters have been doing an excellent job of mopping up, or we would have seen more fire activity within our containment lines.” 

Much of yesterday’s work focused on mopping up (searching for hotspots and extinguishing them) in the northern portion of the fire where it has been smoldering and creeping around in the heavy litter under pine and shrub dominated upper slopes. There was noticeably less smoke in these areas yesterday afternoon. Crews and engines will continue to focus mop up efforts on these areas again today.

Greenhouse Daily Update 7/28/2020
 
Firefighters made excellent progress on all sides of the fire yesterday. Crews and engines performing mop up (searching for hotspots to extinguish) in the southern portion of the fire found numerous small hotspots which they extinguished. They reported that the only significant amount of smoke in the area was coming for the recycling center. Today, Colville Tribes EMS Fire and Rescue (CCT EMS) firefighters plan to work throughout the day, applying water to the large mounds of smoldering cardboard at the site. Firefighters will be patrolling and monitoring the area.