Overview

• Incident officials report 329 personnel engaged in full suppression with new focus on building containment at the heel on the eastern flank and improving designated safety zones.
• Steep, rocky terrain is limiting direct attack in places, so crews are also constructing indirect lines to reduce risk and strengthen control options.
• Two Type 1 helicopters are assisting operations, with one conducting longline bucket drops and the other using a snorkel and tank for targeted water delivery.
• OR 242 is reduced to one lane with a pilot car from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., and crews are installing a 150–200‑foot shaded fuel break along the corridor to help keep fire behavior low intensity.
• An emergency closure remains in effect across the affected Willamette National Forest area, White Branch Youth Camp protection work is complete with a hose lay in place, and crews are reinforcing lines along FS Roads 208, 450 and Foley Ridge Road as light precipitation gives way to warmer, drier, windier conditions and a public meeting is scheduled for Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at McKenzie High School.