Evans Road Fire Update, June 16, 2008 7pm
Incident: Evans Road Wildland Fire
Released: 6/16/2008
Sunday Evening Brief Update:
·· The acreage of the fire (41,060 acres) has not increased.
·· Water is being pump from Phelps Lake and New Lake into the burned area utilizing 35 large volume pumps. They are pumping an estimated 92 thousand gallons per minute running 24 hours per day. Burned areas are flooded with water in an attempt to put out the ground fire. After one area in flooded, the pumps are moved to a new area to repeat the cycle.
·· Progress on containment over the past several days has resulted in containment now being estimated at 60 percent with an estimated 5 miles of fireline to build.
·· A Dense Smoke Advisory is in effect until 10:00 this evening.
·· Smoke advisories for the area may be found at: www.weather.gov/mhx
·· The cost to date is now $3,860,001.
·· There are currently 514 people assigned to the fire.
·· The evacuation order for the Waterway Landing Community has been lifted.
Two public meetings will be held on Monday, June 16, 2008 in Manteo, NC. A meeting designed for business owners and government officials is planned for 3:00 pm and will be held at the Outer Banks Visitor Bureau Conference Room, One Visitor's Circle, Manteo, NC. A second meeting will be held for residents and visitors of the Outer Banks at 7:00 pm at the large auditorium at Roanoke Island Festival Park. Both meetings will discuss the smoke issues and impacts related to the Evans Road Fire.
Additional information on the fire, including announcements, photos and maps can be found by visiting the Inciweb (http://inciweb.org/state/34) web site.
Resources on the Fire
35 tractor/plow units; 4 flex tracks; 4 water tenders; 46 engines. Air resources available include: 2 lead planes; 2 national contract large air tankers and 2 NC Forest Service Single Engine Air Tankers; 2 air tactical group planes; and 3 helicopters.
Cooperators
Hyde County Emergency Management, NC Division of Emergency Management, National Weather Service, NC DOT, US Fish & Wildlife Service; Hyde County VFD; Hyde County Sheriff's Office; Ponzer VFD; Belhaen VFD; Washington County Emergency Management Washington County Sheriff's Office; Tyrrell County Emergency Management; Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office; Swanquarter FD; Beaufort County Emergency Services; NC Department of Corrections; NC State Parks, and numerous other fire departments from across the State.
Plans for Tomorrow
Hold and improve containment lines and continue water-pumping operations to irrigate ground fire smoldering in peat soils; provide structure and field protection as needed.
North Carolina Incident Management Team
June 16, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Evans Road Fire UPDATE
http://inciweb.org/state/34For fire information:
919-472-4101(primary) 919-323-3219 (satellite)
Contact: Chris Carlson, Lead PIO Information Center, ICP chris.carlson@ncmail.net
For other information: On impacts to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Contact: Bonnie Strawser at 252-423-0815 or 252-473-1131 Ext. 230 Bonnie Strawser@fws.gov
