Central Oregon — The Willow Fire has grown to 4,403 acres, burning on Prineville District BLM and private land in Crook County. Firefighters have constructed fire line around the majority of the fire, including the head of the fire on the east side of Buck Creek to prevent further movement to the southeast onto more private land and the Malheur National Forest. The Willow Fire is 0% contained.
The Central Oregon Type 3 Incident Management Team under the command of Adam Barnes is now in command of the Willow Fire as of yesterday at 3:00 p.m. There was minimal activity on the fire yesterday and with favorable weather today, BLM and USFS engines, dozers and skidgens, along with Brothers-Hampton Rangeland Fire Protection Association (RFPA) resources will focus on completing fire line construction and to begin securing the fire perimeter and mopping up where possible. Evacuation orders remain in place for the Willow Fire, including Level 3 GO NOW evacuations for the immediate area around Willow Butte, as well as Level 2 BE SET evacuations south of the fire.
The Sunrise Fire is now 90% contained at 307 acres in the South Fork Wilderness Study Area and firefighters are continuing to work on mopping up and securing the perimeter
The Foley Creek and Board Hollow Fires on private land protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), 20 miles north of Prineville are both 80% contained at 30 acres and 21.5 acres respectively.
Firefighters responded to 4 new fires yesterday will continue to remain vigilant for new starts that result from lightning earlier in the week. As resources continue to work these fires, the public is reminded to careful with all ignition sources, especially with forecast high temperatures this weekend. Do your part to prevent one more spark.
Information on all fires in Central Oregon will be posted on the only official source for wildfire information in Central Oregon at centraloregonfire.org or on X/Twitter @CentralORfire.
Call 9-1-1 to report a wildfire. For smoke and air quality information visit fire.airnow.gov.
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