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Monday Wildfire Update

BEND, OR -- The Waldo Lake Wilderness remains closed as wildland crews battle the Cedar Creek Fire (pictured), east of Oakridge. It nearly doubled in size Sunday; estimated at 3,234 acres, as of Monday morning. The fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain, which makes it difficult for firefighters to access from the ground. A community meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday on the Cedar Creek Fire Facebook page

The Potter Fire, also in the Willamette National Forest, is 234 acres, with zero containment. The nearby Windigo Fire, in the Umpqua National Forest, is 1,053 acres and 25% contained. 

Near Maupin, the Miller Road Fire is now 98% contained at 10,847 acres. All evacuations were lifted Sunday.

On the Malheur National Forest, the Beech Creek Fire is at 155 acres and 69% contained. It continues to burn on both sides of Highway 395, nine miles south of Long Creek.

Locally, smoke jumpers responded to a new incident in the Deschutes National Forest, Sunday night. Incident 569 was reported near Lily Lake, northeast of Waldo Lake. Air resources responded from the Cedar Creek to provide water drops. 

 

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