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FIREFIGHTERS PRESENTED “OPPORTUNITY” The word of the day at this morning’s Cable Crossing Fire briefing was “opportunity”. While Mother Nature has had the upper hand over the first four days of the fire, presenting extreme fire behavior conditions, she will take a break today with lower temperatures, higher humidity and calmer winds. These favorable conditions
Read moreOregon Department of Forestry Very high temperatures, erratic winds, dry fuels and steep terrain combined to produce extreme fire behavior on the Cable Crossing Fire Friday afternoon. Although the fire size remained stable throughout the night at 1,110 acres, last night’s smoke column generated a few new spot fires to the south of the
Read moreNews Release from Oregon Dept. of Forestry – Posted on FlashAlert: August 1st, 2015 11:09 AMOregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team 3 Link Smith, Incident Commander Very high temperatures, erratic winds, dry fuels and steep terrain combined to produce extreme fire behavior on the Cable Crossing Fire Friday afternoon. Although the fire size remained
Read moreNews Release from Oregon Dept. of ForestryPosted on FlashAlert: August 1st, 2015 10:45 AM“This is a tough fire,” ODF Team 1 Incident Commander John Buckman explained this morning. “Because of the challenging terrain and abundant, dry fuel – large standing and downed trees – we have difficult work ahead to suppress this fire but I
Read moreThe Stouts fire actively burned late into the night, moving in a southeast direction from the point of origin before laying down in the early morning hours. Firefighters assigned to the fire last night focused their efforts on opening access roads to the fire and anchoring into the heel of the fire to being constructing
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