News
Release: Graham Fire
Friday
June 21, 2018
10:00
a.m.
Contact: Christie Shaw, Oregon Department of Forestry
541-263-0661
Justin Deruyter, Oregon State Fire Marshall
360-431-3869
Residents of
Three Rivers subdivision are still under evacuation due to the Graham
Fire. ODF Team 2, a type 1 team, will be
taking over command tonight at 1800 from the local Type 3 Team, Incident
Commander Caldwell. Incident Command Post will be set up at the Sisters Rodeo
Grounds. The Oregon State Fire Marshall
Green Team will be handling structure protection. The fire is estimated to be approximately
2,000 acres at this time.
The Graham
Fire was reported late Thursday afternoon, a wind-driven fire burning in brush,
timber and grass south of the Metolius River arm of Lake Billy Chinook near
Culver, Oregon. The fire has burned
private lands protected by Oregon Department of Forestry and Lake Chinook Fire
and Rescue, as well as Bureau of Land Management ownership. It is estimated
around 2,000 acres.
Residents of
the Three Rivers subdivision are under a level three (GO!) evacuation. Residents and the public are reminded not to
cross roadblocks into evacuation areas. Some
structures may have been damaged by the fire, but due to safety concerns
firefighters have not been able to investigate all areas of the fire. For further information regarding
evacuations, please refer to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Facebook site or
call Jefferson County Sheriff at 541-475-6520.
Oregon State Fire Marshall is working on assessing properties within the
fire boundary.
Multiple
resources are on scene and firefighters will continue to mop up around
structures, flank the edge of the fire and try to contain the fire that is
pushing to the northeast through Big Canyon. Additional resources have been ordered and are
arriving today. Warm temperatures are
anticipated in the next few days along with the return of windy conditions
which will continue to push firefighters working on the fire.
Updated
information for the Graham Fire is available on InciWeb-https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5855/
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