Thursday, June 12, 2014

6/12/14 8:25 am Reward Increased, Evacuation Levels Reduced #TwoBullsFire

MEDIA RELEASE   

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Two Bulls Fire Evacuation Levels Reduced

Location: Tumalo Reservoir Area, west of Bend, OR
Date:  June 12, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.

By Captain Shane Nelson, 541-617-3386

Evacuations Levels

Deschutes County I. T. has produced a link to a map that shows the current Evacuation Notice Levels, Interactive Map: https://maps.deschutes.org/custom/simple/index.html

*This map will be updated with any change in Evacuation Notice Levels.

The Skyliners Road area outside the City of Bend, is now a Level I
This is now the only Evacuation Level Notice in effect.

Evacuation Notices in effect are lifted for the following areas:
The Saddleback Subdivision area
The area located south of Shevlin Park Road, west of Mt. Washington Drive, and north of Century Drive.
The remainder of Northwest Crossing (east of Mt. Washington Drive), and the area that includes residents north of Shevlin Park and west of Mt. Washington Drive.

There will be additional Sheriff's Office and U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement patrols working this week and through the weekend.

Reward Increased

The reward for any information on this fire that leads to the successful conviction of the person or persons responsible, has increased to $31, 500 after a recent donation.  Eric and Robin Coats, of Shevlin Sand and Gravel, have contributed $5,000.

There are still US Forest Service Road Closures in place.  Refer to the Two Bulls Blog for information on these closures:  www.centralorfireinfo.blogspot.com   

FIRE INFO LINE/THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER:  541-550-4888 (9 a.m. – 12 p.m.)

For SHERIFF'S OFFICE FIRE INFORMATION call 541-550-4850

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