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http://www.deschutes.org 17-04-2009 16:54:10
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#AlderSpringsFire🔥: - Evacuations remain in place - Oregon State Fire Marshal task forces were in place last night at Crooked River Ranch. - Dozers, engines and hand crews worked through night. No homes were lost. - Carcass Canyon on Whychus Creek is a priority this AM but access is challenging.











Firefighters are engaging on incident 485 near Katalo Butte on the Deschutes National Forest. The fire is approximately 1 acre and multiple resources are responding, including a Type 1 helicopter.


🔥Katalo Fire (incident 485) burning on the Deschutes National Forest SE of Kapka Butte is est. at 3 acres. Heavy helicopters are cooling hot spots while a dozer, Type 2 hand crew, one 5 person Oregon Department of Forestry Central OR crew and 2 engines work to establish fire line around the perimeter.



Firefighters are responding to a new fire (incident 487) on private land near Spring River Estates. The fire is burning near Besson Day Use on the Deschutes National Forest that has been thinned and treated with prescribed fire. Firefighters from multiple agencies are responding.







Smoke in Central Oregon is from a light wind out of the north pushing smoke from the 28,635 acre Cram Fire near Willowdale and Ashwood. An Oregon State Fire Marshal team is in unified command with the High Desert Type 3 team to manage the fire.
