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Huckleberry Ridge Fire

Daily Update
September 10, 2024
Reported: September 4th at 3:45 p.m. | Size: 293 | Cause: Under investigation
Total Personnel: 338| Engines/Tenders:30 | Hand Crews: 12

The Huckleberry Ridge Fire continues to burn eight miles from the nearest structure and eleven miles from the nearest community. No Infrastructure are at risk at this time.

Update: Crews have been successful in preventing additional fire growth over the last two days.  There is still considerable work to be done to finish securing the fire edge with containment lines due to the very steep terrain and heavy logging slash and timber fuel types.  However, more line is completed each day utilizing one type 1 hotshot crew, multiple type 2 initial attack crews, heavy equipment, and other critical resources. Containment is shown at 8% today and will slowly be increasing as the days go on while mop-up is done along containment lines.  A helicopter sling load mission is being done to fly in pumps, fuel, hose, sprinklers and other supplies to an area surrounding the spot fire located north of the main fire to aid in containment efforts. 

Safety: Hunting Season continues so please be aware there are both firefighters and hunters in the woods right now. Use cation and stay vigilant. For anyone hunting , please stay out of the fire area and aware there is substantial firefighting activity in the area with a lot of vehicle traffic.

Evacuations/Closures: There are no anticipated evacuations or road closures in the future for this fire, but we continue to ask that the community stay out of the area of the fire, be alert, and stay aware of the danger that exists in your area.

Weather: Tuesday will be mild and dry with increasing clouds and minimum relative humidity values between 45-50% Tuesday afternoon. Rain arrives with a cold front after 1800, becoming steady soaking rain Tuesday night. Steady rain will transition to on-off rain showers behind the cold front. The probability for rain amounts in excess of 0.25 inches is at 90%. Forecast rain amounts are high enough to put a significant damper on fire activity. Winds should stay under 10mph through Wednesday, aside from a brief wind gust up to 15mph possible Wednesday morning when winds will be blowing from south to north. 

Air Space Restrictions: We continue to have a Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) is in place over the fire. If you fly, We can’t.