Milli Fire
September 6, 2017 Daily Update
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has dropped all evacuation
notices that were in place for the Milli Fire as of 6:00 a.m. today, September
6. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office has continued to coordinate with
fire managers on the Milli Fire, the Sisters Ranger District, and Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire District to minimize impacts to Sisters residents. This drop in
evacuation levels reflects the confidence of all forest and fire managers in
containment lines around the Sisters community. All Deschutes National Forest
closures remain in place.
A local Type 3 incident management team led by Incident Commander
Jake Akerberg, took command of the Milli Fire today. This team is
based in Sisters at the Rodeo grounds and will continue managing the fire in
conjunction with officials from the Deschutes National Forest and the Oregon
Department of Forestry, Central Oregon District.
Firefighters will continue mop up the northwestern edge of the
fire while rehabilitating and repairing fire line. Crews, dozers, excavators and wood
chippers continue to knock down berms and return control lines and dozer lines
to a more natural state. Fuels within the secured fire perimeter will likely to
continue to burn producing a moderate level of smoke. These areas will be
patrolled by the team.
Acreage on this fire will
likely grow moderately in the coming week while containment remains at 60%. The
west side of the fire continues to burn down slope with occasional torching in
pockets of timber in the Three Sisters Wilderness and will continue to
extinguish naturally when it runs out of fuel in the lava fields. Fire will
also continue a slow move to the southwest in the Pole Creek burn area where
overhead hazards remain a concern for firefighter safety. When necessary,
firefighter will utilize indirect firefighting tactics like helicopter bucket
drops to cool hot spots.
Links
Road Closures - OR 242 is closed east of Cascade Crest to the junction of FR 15.
For further information see www.tripcheck.com
Forest Closures- For further information go to: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/deschutes/alerts-notices
Smoke monitoring- Information is available at: oregonsmoke.blogspot.com
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