Note: Links for more info aren't working. Maybe they will be posted at the noon update.
Fire & Aviation Newsroom
| 9/3/02 |
Current Large Fire Situation Initial attack was moderate in the Southern California Area and light elsewhere. Nationally, 134 new fires were reported. One new large fire was reported in the Northwest Area. Three large fires were contained yesterday, Bull Elk Fire in Montana, Pack Rat Complex in Arizona, and the Hickok Fire in California. For more information on large wildland fires see the Morning Report. A Fire Weather Watch has been issued in northwest Wyoming for breezy, hot, dry, and unstable conditions. A Fire Weather Watch has been issued in west-central and extreme northwestern Nevada for strong winds and low relative humidity. For more information on fire weather in your area...
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| 9/3/02 |
Curve Fire - Southern California Area This fire is 30 miles north of Asuza, California and is burning in mixed conifer forest and heavy brush. Thunderstorms over the fir produced gusty winds contributing to extreme fire behavior with rapid rates of speed. The fire is estimated to be 11,000 acres in size and is 0 percent contained. For more information on the Curve Fire... |
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Approximately 15 miles south of Lander, Wyoming on the Washakie Ranger District, Shoshone National Forest. This lightning caused fire is 13,433 acres in size and is 95 percent contained with a full containment date of today. For more information on the Pass Creek Fire.... |
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| 9/3/02 |
Located twenty-six miles southwest of Grants Pass, Oregon this fire is now 499,937 acres in size and 92 percent contained. Warm and dry conditions during the day, steep terrain, lack of natural barriers, and poor humidity recovery at night, has delayed the expected containment of the fire until September 6, 2002. Structure protection is in place at the Chetco Inn, Wilderness Retreat, Gardner Ranch, Tolman Ranch, and in the Pistol River drainage for 274 residences. For more information on the Biscuit Fire... |
