Firefighters successfully stopped three spot fires from the Grandview fire northeast of Sisters. The spot fires jumped lines during the Red Flag Warning yesterday. As temperatures cooled and the humidity increased last night, firefighters strengthened the containment lines by beginning to cool the hot areas just inside the perimeter.
“The great work by last night’s crews will enable today’s crews to hold the perimeter of the Grandview Fire,” according to Oregon Department of Forestry’s Incident Command Team. The fire is estimated to be 5,971 acres and is 14% contained.
Two Oregon Air National Guard helicopters are arriving to support ground crews tomorrow. This extra assistance will aid firefighters in keeping the Grandview Fire inside the established containment lines.
With no additional growth and minimal fire activity, crews on the Grandview Fire have been able to focus all efforts on mopping up the perimeter of fire to increase containment.
Since the fire began on Sunday, firefighters have been focused on suppressing the blaze, which remains 5,971 acres. Crews have worked around the clock to hold and improve preliminary containment lines around the perimeter and today, were able to get a hose lay around the entire fire perimeter to begin or continue mop-up operations. Mop-up is the tedious process of ensuring that everything within 150 feet – 300 feet of the fire perimeter is cool to the touch so embers cannot escape and reignite the fire. Crews will work on this next phase of suppression until full containment is achieved.
A Red Flag Warning continues today until 11 p.m. Predicted low relative humidity and winds between 5-15 mph (gusts to 20 mph) out of the west could challenge containment lines on the fire’s eastern edge. Crews will continue to build and strengthen containment lines and monitor and rapidly respond to any spot fires that may emerge outside the lines.
The Forest Service has issued an area closure for the federally managed public lands in and around the Grandview Fire perimeter. For more information and to view a map of the closure, visit: https://www.centraloregonfire.org/2021/07/15/10254/
For up-to-date information on the Grandview Fire, please visit: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7651/ or Centraloregonfire.org
There are evacuation notices in place issued by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. Please follow their guidance.
Jurisdictional agencies tied to the fire include Oregon Department of Forestry Central Oregon District and Ochoco National Forest, Crooked River National Grassland.
