PAULINA, OR -- Central Oregon Firefighters responded to 25 new starts Monday following Sunday's thunder storm.

"Firefighters had a great success in keeping most of these fires at under an acre. However, a few did grow larger under hot and dry conditions," Jaimie Olle with Central Oregon Fire Management Service tells KBND News many of the fires were determined to be lightning caused while others are under investigation.

"We will likely see new starts from this lightning activity throughout the next week or so. The potential is still there that we will continue to see lightning fires pop up over the next couple of days and even into the next week for what we call holdover fires, which are those that may be creeping and smoldering along the ground or in root systems and they don't necessarily present themselves until a few days later," Olle says, adding fires in the Ochoco and Deschutes National Forests prompted the deployment of more equipment and firefighters in the area, "We do have a lot of fire activity on the landscape. And so, we are bringing in external resources where possible to ensure that firefighters are getting sufficient rest, when we're able to do so."

The Durgan Fire, burning 8 miles northeast of Paulina, is now estimated at over 3,000 acres with 65% containment. The Crazy Creek Fire, 16 miles north of Paulina, is over 5,000 acres with 0% containment as of Wednesday morning. Both started Monday on the Ochocos.

PHOTO: Crazy Creek Fire courtesy Central OR Fire Info