Lonesome Complex Update 8/25/08
Incident: Lonesome Complex Wildland Fire
Released: 8/25/2008
Fire Update
Lonesome Complex - High Cascades Ranger District
PROSPECT, OR, August 25, 2008, (9:00 a.m.) - Firefighters continue to make good progress on the three fires of the 512 acre Lonesome Complex. Today's weather forecast is for cooler temperatures, higher humidity, and a slight chance of precipitation for the area allowing firefighters an excellent window of opportunity to close in on containment of the Lonesome and Bessie Rock Fires.
The 32 acre Middle Fork Fire continues to slowly grow in a steep and heavily timbered canyon within the Sky Lakes Wilderness. Firefighters have been spiked out on this fire for the past several days, working to keep it from crossing the Middle Fork Trail and assessing other suppression options. A Long Term Analysis Team of fire behavior analysts and fire operations experts has been assigned to provide Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest managers with fire growth projections and management options related to this fire.
The 411 acre Lonesome Fire continues to display creeping and smoldering fire behavior, and firefighters are focused on mop-up and rehabilitation of firelines.
The Bessie Rock Fire is also in mop-up and line rehabilitation stages and is listed at 69 acres.
Road, trail and area closures remain in effect for areas near the Lonesome Fire, and a trail closure has been issued for the Middle Fork Fire to provide for public and firefighter safety. Maps and detailed information on the closures can be found at local Forest Service offices or on the web at: www.inciweb.org.
