The Pine Mountain Fire is 85% contained and remains 2,589 acres in size. Today, firefighters will continue mop-up, back hauling equipment and identifying suppression repair needs.
The remaining mop-up is isolated to heat off the control handline along the fire’s western edge in the steep, rocky terrain. Risk identification, such as roadside hazard trees, and damage identification is ongoing. Firefighters continue to patrol around the burned area.
Yesterday, firefighters declared containment along the northern and southern edge of the fire’s perimeter. Containment is declared when firefighters feel confident a containment feature, such as a handline or dozer line, would hold if fire activity increased within the burned area.
Resources assigned to the Pine Mountain Fire include three hotshot crews, one dozer, five engines, four water tenders and twenty overhead personnel.
The Bureau of Land Management has issued an emergency temporary closure of public lands near the Pine Mountain Fire. For detailed closure information, visit: https://www.blm.gov/programs/fire/regional-info/oregon-washington/fire-restrictions.
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