Overnight crews on the East Evans Creek Fire took advantage of cooler conditions to strengthen containment, expand mop-up, and reinforce control lines. Containment is at 17% for the 15,705 acre fire.
The Oregon Department of Forestry reports crews remain vigilant as triple-digit temperatures, lower relative humidity, a lifting inversion, and the potential for isolated thunderstorms could increase fire activity.
Crews are further addressing remaining areas of unburned vegetation to reduce fuel and strengthen containment of the Board Mountain spot fire. On the Canyon Creek spot, firefighters continue extinguishing scattered pockets of heat where the fire burned unevenly.
Structure protection crews are extending mop-up in the Long Branch area outside Shady Cove, where fire previously encroached on homes, while proactive protection remains in place throughout the Shady Cove, Trail, and Dry Creek communities. In the Dry Creek and Shiloh areas, firefighters are advancing farther into the fire interior.
Mop-up continues on the spot fire northwest of Hull Mountain, and main fire mop-up operations progressed up to 150 feet into the footprint along the eastern edge, with approximately 100 feet across much of the remaining perimeter.
The following evacuations are active by level:
- Evacuation Level 2 Be Set: Zones JAC-016, JAC-017, JAC-026, JAC-109, JAC-124, JAC-126, JAC-147, JAC-148, JAC-149-A, JAC-149-B, and JAC-203-B.
- Evacuation Level 1 Be Ready: Zones JAC-003, JAC-004, JAC-014, JAC-036, JAC-111, JAC-112, JAC-127, JAC-131, JAC-132, JAC-133, JAC-134, JAC-158, JAC-161, JAC-203-A, and JAC-204, and Shady Cove Zones SHC-151, SHC-152, SHC-153, SHC-154, SHC-156, and SHC-157.
