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Evacuation levels downgraded for Jack Fire Containment is now at 50%. Posted: Jul 19, 2021 4:55 PM Updated: Jul 19, 2021 5:47 PM Posted By: KEZI Staff 11 Images DRY CREEK, Ore. – Evacuation levels have been downgraded for the Jack Fire, meaning only a Level 1 order -- the lowest of the three -- remains in place. The Dry Creek community and surrounding areas are no longer under the higher Level 2 Be Set order. All areas previously under a Level 1 are no longer under an official notice. Containment has surged to 50% as crews work to line the fire, which has burned nearly 18,000 acres.

Night work on the Jack Fire on July 17, 2021. Credit Inciweb  Bernie Pineda is a public information officer for the Jack Fire.  He said when the new team takes over, the current crews will get a couple days off and then it’s back to work on another fire. “We have nine teams and currently we have all nine of them out,” Pineda said. “There is no teams available. So it’s going to be a busy, long season.” Highway 138 has reopened in the fire area with a slower speed limit of 45 miles per hour. Closures remain in effect in the Umpqua National Forest. The Douglas County Sheriff's ...

(The Center Square) – Oregon's Bootleg Fire, now the largest fire in the nation, is inching closer to a Californian forest critical to its climate-centric cap and trade program. The 212,000-acre fire is burning in Fremont-Winema National Forest, placing 100 homes in Klamath County under evacuation orders since it was first reported on July 6. Since then, the  Bootleg Fire has doubled in size every 48 hours. From July 9 to July 14, the fire has doubled in size almost daily. Around 1,189 firefighters from Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties have been working to contain it si...

(The Center Square) – California is sending in firefighters to help quell Oregon's Bootleg Fire as the blaze inches ever closer to the interstate border. The 247,000-acre fire has grown at a rapid pace since it was reported on July 6. On Friday, INCIWEB showed the fast-moving inferno has grown to 326 square miles or larger than the landmass of San Diego. The wildfire, which became the nation's most extensive earlier this week, threatens more than 3,000 homes in Klamath County, where all levels of evacuation notices are in place. It is 7% contained. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Credit Inciweb The Jack Fire burning on the Umpqua National Forest east of Glide is now 35% contained. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had spread across 16,674 acres of land. Along the northern edge of the fire, north of HWY 138, crews have been increasing the depth along fire lines. South of HWY 138, burnout operations are being used to build lines that will contain the fire and stop the southern spread. Roads are being used as control lines on the southeast flank and crews are using heavy machinery to remove brush in those areas. HWY 138 is now open, but drivers are asked to be aware of fi...