- Update on Tumblebug Fire - Oct 8
Released: 10/8/2009
(Oakridge, OR) The 14,650 acre Tumblebug fire, located 22 miles southeast of Oakridge, continues to smolder. Recent warm and sunny days have resulted in some smoke re-appearing in that area, as well... - Update - Sunday, September 27, 2009
Released: 9/27/2009
Continued heavy smoke over the Tumblebug Complex Saturday forced firefighters in one section of the fire to retreat to a safer work area, while helicopters dropped buckets of water in another... - Friday Update, September 25, 2009
Released: 9/25/2009
(Oakridge, OR ) On Thursday, crews prepped contingency lines for night burnout and worked to suppress three spots on the northeast perimeter. Night crews continued burnouts south of Forest Road 21,... - Tumblebug Update, September 22, 2009
Released: 9/22/2009
(Oakridge, OR) The Tumblebug Complex more than tripled in size during yesterday's persistent east wind event. Gusts up to 35 miles per hour and extremely dry fuel conditions resulted in fire... - Monday Update, September 21, 2009
Released: 9/21/2009
Tumblebug Complex Daily Update, September 21, 2009As expected, fires within the Tumblebug Complex were pushed by the increasing east wind Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. Relative humidities are... - Sunday's Update, September 20, 2009
Released: 9/20/2009
(Oakridge, OR) The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for the northern Cascade Mountains. Hot, dry weather with gusty east winds and poor nightly humidity recoveries are... - Saturday Morning Update, September 19, 2009
Released: 9/19/2009
(Oakridge, OR) Fire activity increased significantly on Friday as the relative humidity dropped below 20%. Fires 119 and 123 have burned together, increasing in size by 30 to 50 acres, and are now... - September 18 Update
Released: 9/18/2009
(Oakridge, OR) Two fires burning on opposite sides of Tumblebug Creek, designated as Fire 119 and Fire 123, are burning toward each other. Burning debris continues to fall down the steep slopes below... - September 17 Update
Released: 9/17/2009
(Oakridge, OR) Firefighters have contained 22 of the 25 fires in the Tumblebug Complex, but the three uncontained fires comprise 80% of the total acreage. Rappel crews, smoke jumpers, and other Type... - September 16th Update
Released: 9/16/2009
(Oakridge, OR) The southeastern corner of the Willamette National Forest was blasted by lightning on September 12, resulting in more than 25 fire ignitions. Currently, 255 firefighters are working to...
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- Oct 13 Revised Closure Area for Tumblebug Fire - See Map Below
Closure - 10/13/2009 - Update on Tumblebug Fire - Oct 8
News - 10/8/2009 - Last Update From Type 3 Team, Incident Commander John Poet
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