3,400 weekend lightning strikes spark fires
Published 10:06 am Monday, July 14, 2014
The weekend’s 3,400 lightning strikes started 60 fires across Central Oregon, according to the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center.
The Cabin Lake Fire, located 4 miles northeast of Cabin Lake in Lake County, is the largest at approximately 66 acres. Containment lines are holding, with five engines, two 20-person crews and one 10-person crew.
The Bridge 99 Fire, located off Forest Service Road 1490, near Camp Sherman, has covered approximately 20 acres of steep terrain in the Green Ridge area of the Sisters Ranger District. Forest Service Road 1235 is closed and campers in Lower Bridge Campground, Allen Springs and Pioneer Ford campground have been asked to relocate. A local Type III team is managing the fire.
Jack Knife, near the lower John Day Recreation Area in Gillam County, has reached 200 acres, with crews working the eastern flank and helicopters doing bucket drops.
Fires located on the west side of Mt. Bachelor and in the Maury Mountains are being mopped up.