Fire Information: 208-238-8385
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5467/
Last night’s infrared flight shows isolated heat sources and
scattered burning throughout the interior of the fire area but no areas of
intense heat were detected. Most of the scattered burning is located in the
north east area of the fire around Birch Creek and south around Midnight Creek
where it has started to move into the National Forest.
Crews continue to mop up hot spots on the northwest edge of
the fire where the fire has a good containment line established.
Dozers, engines, and hand crews will be working together in
the northeast section of the fire to create a secure line established from a
dozer line, existing roads and trails, in combination with a new hand line to
create a secure line on this edge.
Engines and crews will be working on the eastern side of the
fire in conjunction with helicopters dropping water to secure open line in this
area.
The southern end of the fire has multiple engines, hand
crews, water tenders and a dozer to secure the fires edge. This portion has the
greatest amount of resources in an effort to secure this section against high
winds and possible thunderstorm activity in this area.
The Arbon Valley Highway is now open for public traffic. Be
careful on this road and reduce your speed as there may be cows in the roadway
displaced by the fire.
A community meeting will be held at
the Arbon Elementary School, 4405 Arbon Valley Highway, at 8 p.m. this evening.
Firefighting Resources:
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Type 1 Crews (Hotshots)
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Type 2 Crews
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Engines/Tenders
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Dozers
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Helicopters
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Total Personnel
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8
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3
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23
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7
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7
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403
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