Firefighters picked up six new wildfires today across Central Oregon, making a total of 17 wildfire incidents reported since Tuesday morning.
Most of those fires are small, lightning-caused wildfires with fire suppression responses underway.
A fire reported around 1:30 p.m. today at Shevlin Park in Bend was estimated at 8 to 10 acres with no new growth expected at the time of this update. Multiple agencies responded to the brush fire on state-administered land and a Level 1 pre-evacuation notice was issued to adjacent neighborhoods by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.
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Crews today made significant progress on two lightning-caused wildfires located on private and BLM-administered lands near Twickenham, approximately 14 miles southeast of Fossil, Ore. Incident 169 is about 150 acres and completely surrounded by retardant line. Interior burning continues to produce smoke but firefighters anticipate no new growth on the fire.
Incident 177, located nearby, remains estimated at 50 acres. Fire crews and a helicopter dropping retardant continue to build a line around the fire.
Both fires are burning in juniper, grass, and brush fuel types across steep terrain and drainages.
On the Deschutes National Forest, firefighters have completed a line around a 25-acre wildfire burning in steep timber and brush approximately 9 miles west of Sunriver and 10 miles south of Mt. Bachelor.
The fire is determined to be human-caused, but there is no more information available at this time.
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