WARM SPRINGS, OR -- 10:30 a.m. Update: Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch has taken over management of the County Line 2 Fire. Officials have issued evacuation notices for Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and associated staff buildings. The County Line 2 Fire was mapped Thursday night at 36,154 acres and is expected to grow.
The fire has reached the Lower Deschutes River between Warm Springs and Mecca Flat, but has not jumped the river.
6:00 a.m. Update:
Highway 26 remains closed in Warm Springs due to the County Line 2 Fire, which has grown to over 19,000 acres. The Oregon Department of Transportation closed a 30 mile stretch of the highway between State Highway 216 and Warm Springs Thursday afternoon, for the second time in as many days, detouring traffic through Maupin.