Iron Complex Update
Incident: Iron Alps Complex Wildland Fire
Released: 7/18/2008
IRON COMPLEX
FIRES STATUS RESOURCESAcres Burned: 49,411 Crews: 25 Engines: 93Cause: Lightning Helicopters: 4 Water Tenders: 11Date Started: June 21, 2008 Dozers: 10 Percent Contained (total complex): 43% Total Resources Assigned: 1,317Expected Containment: August 15, 2008 Fire Acres Containment Eagle 13,147 44% Cedar 11,981 22% Zeigler 2,191 90% Buckhorn 7,099 40% Ironside 12,720 92% Carey (Trinity Alps Wilderness) 1,379 31% Granite (Trinity Alps Wilderness) 542 80%Current Fire Situation: Spotting and rollout of materials outside containment lines occurred on the Eagle fire yesterday, resulting in new fire lines being established adjacent to the community of Junction City. This activity occurred one to two miles south of the planned burn out operation which was being conducted along the north east flank of the Eagle fire, and was not related to the burn out activities. Last night did not see the winds that were present the previous night. This resulted in no significant increase in fire activity, with slow, backing fire occurring in most areas.
Main Objectives Today: Eagle: Burnout operations are planned for today along the newly established dozer line to the east of the fire adjacent to the community of Junction City, and back up towards the fire between Mill Creek and Deep Creek. This operation will remove fuels that exist between the containment lines and the main fire, preventing further eastern spread of the Eagle fire. Cedar: Crews will continue holding established containment lines, and patrol the Highway 299 corridor and area east of Del Loma for spot fires. Buckhorn Fire: Continue holding established fire lines and mopping up inside the perimeter to ensure no hot spots remain. Zeigler: Patrol established fire lines and mop up inside the fire perimeter. Ironside Fire: Patrol and mop up established fire lines and provide structure protection for Big Mountain Subdivision. Denny Fire: Monitor by air. Carey Fire: Continue to extinguish hot spots and mop up along perimeter.
Area Closures: The Shasta-Trinity National Forest has issued an area closure for the Cedar Fire. A map and specific description of the closure is posted on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest webpage: www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity. County Road 402 (Denny Road) is open to residents only. Forest Road 60 remains closed from Hyampom to Burnt Ranch. Evacuations: On Thursday, the Trinity County Sheriff's Department issued a mandatory evacuation of the Junction City area including Red Hill Road, Dutch Creek, Coopers Bar, Evans Bar and Soldiers Creek. This evacuation was issued due to the limited ingress/egress in the area and the planned increase in fire operations during the next several days. For a complete list of current evacuation notices please refer to the Trinity Country webpage at http://www.trinitycounty.org/ or call (530) 623-4708. Additional Fire Information: A recorded line for the Iron Complex is available at (530) 226-2500, press 2. For specific inquiries contact the Fire Information Center at (530) 226-2368. Information is available online at www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity or http://www.inciweb.org/.
