Badger Mountain Update 7/15/08 2200
Incident: Badger Mountain Wildland Fire
Released: 7/16/2008
In spite of two successive days of red flag warnings for wind and low humidity, fire suppression efforts on the Badger Mountain fire have moved steadily toward containment. As a result, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office reduced evacuation levels at 6:30 PM in the vicinity of Badger Mountain Road from a level 3 to a level 2. Evacuation warnings have been removed from all homes along State Highway 97 for the entire length of the fire.
In support of the reduction of evacuation levels, all road closures along the Badger Mountain road have also been removed.
Browns Creek fire was placed in patrol status tonight, which means most of the personnel on that fire have been reassigned.
Firefighting activities on Badger Mountain have focused on widening and securing control lines that were established on Sunday and Monday. Standards for containment include 150 feet cold buffer zone along the lines.
Night time firefighting efforts will continue for one more operational period, but will bump down to night patrol tomorrow. Resources assigned to the fire will start to be released to firefighting efforts elsewhere, as containment goals are met.
