Daily Update 07/30/2007
Incident: Elk Complex Wildland Fire
Released: 7/30/2007
Total Complex Acreage: 12,385 acres Incident Resources: 1,088personnel
Total Complex Containment: 77% Cost to Date: $14,523,189 Injuries to Date (minor): 13 Fatalities to Date: 1
Expected Full Containment: 8/05/2007
Resources assigned to the fire continue to secure line burned on previous days. Improved conditions yesterday allowed burn operations to continue on the Eastern flank of the King Creek 2/Wingate/Titus fires. The three fires have burned together and are now one fire. Today, crews will assess burning and may use aerial resources to continue interior burning operations. Crews will also hold and mop-up a small four acre spot fire that occurred yesterday afternoon in the Windy Gap area of the fire. Firefighters will continue patrolling and mopping up the Little Grider Fire.
Today at 6 p.m. the Elk Complex will transition from California Interagency Team Five (Incident Commander Mike Dietrich) to Northern California Interagency Incident Management Team One (Incident Commander Kent Swartzlander).
There will be a community meeting at the Happy Camp Grange on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Presentations will include updates from the Happy Camp District Ranger and the Elk Complex Incident Commander.
Complex Fire Details
Of the thirty identified fires in the Elk Complex, 25 are 100% contained. The contained fires will continue to be monitored, patrolled and staffed as safety, resources and access permit. The remaining five fires are as follows:
- Wingate/Titus/King Creek 2 Fires (8,420 acres) 64% contained. Firelines have been constructed and burnouts continue. A recommended evacuation for homeowners and closure for campers and miners, from Five Mile Bridge to Norcross Campground on Elk Creek Road remains in place.
- Elk Fire (1,144 acres) 96% contained.
- Hummingbird Fire (80 acres) 0% contained. The fire remains in aerial patrol.
Sources of info include: http://www.inciweb.org/ (including other fires) or the incident information office at (530) 841-4451. Visit http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/klamath/condition/ for information on fire restrictions and local closures.
The Siskiyou County Air Pollution Control District has installed an air quality monitoring station in Happy Camp. Real-time data may be viewed online at http://www.satguard.com/usfs/Chart new.asp Get=4&UnitID=36&CustID=2&sDate=7/29/2007.
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