FACT SHEET: Corner Creek Fire & Sugarloaf Fire
July 2, 2015 11:00 a.m.
Corner Creek Fire
- Started: Saturday, June 27th
- Cause: Lightning
- Current size: 12,750 acres
- Percent contained: 0%
- Total cost to date: $1,100,000
- Update: Oregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team 1 assumed command of this fire yesterday evening.
- Fire has been burning actively, spreading to the south and southwest.
- Firefighters are protecting structures in the fire vicinity.
- Firefighters are looking for control opportunities and preparing for burnout operations.
- The South Fork Road/Hwy 42 has been closed to the general public from Dayville to the USFS 58 road junction due to fire activity.
Sugarloaf Fire
- Started: Saturday, June 27th
- Cause: Lightning
- Current size: 5,057 acres
- Percent contained: 65%
- Total cost to date: $1,300,000
- Update: Local fire resources initiated the attack saving 12 residences.
- Firefighting resources have established control lines around large portions of the fire and have extinguished much of the heat.
- Most of the fire is in patrol status.
Blue Basin Fire
- Started: Monday, June 29th
- Cause: Human-caused
- Current size: 317 acres
- Percent contained: 95%
- Total cost to date: $25,000
- Update: Firefighters and aircraft assigned to the Sugarloaf Fire initiated attack and arrested its spread. The fire burns in lighter fuels and is in patrol status.
- Care has been taken not to damage resources within the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
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