PRINEVILLE, Ore. – The Corner Creek fire
continues to hold steady at 29,407 acres as crews work to finalize containment
around the lightning-caused wildfire.
This weekend, firefighters plan to conduct burn
out operations on between 400 and 600 acres along the southern boundary of
Black Canyon Wilderness, just east of Mud Springs campground, in order to secure
containment lines and prevent the fire’s spread northwest through the
wilderness.
Smoke will be visible during periods of active
burning and especially during ignitions, but no impacts to major travel routes
are expected.
The fire area, about 11 miles south of Dayville,
Ore., received substantial rainfall over the last week, which moderated fire
behavior and helped firefighters to stop the forward spread of the fire. The
fire continues burning internally, creeping and smoldering with low to moderate
intensity.
The firefighting effort scaled back in the wake
of the rainfall, from around 1,100 personnel at its peak to a current force of
nearly 200 firefighters. A Type 3 incident management team took command of the
fire on Tuesday.
The fire is currently about 90 percent contained
with the remainder of line to be completed on the fire’s northwest flank along
the southern portion of Black Canyon Wilderness.
Due to the steep topography of the wilderness and
the difficulty of building containment lines there, firefighters plan to use
burn outs to remove fuel around the fire and contain it.
The South Fork Road/County Road 42 reopened for
public use on Tuesday, but an area closure remains in effect on the Ochoco
National Forest, covering all National Forest lands west of Forest Service Road
5820.
For a detailed map of the closure area on Ochoco
National Forest and a copy of the closure order, visit the forest website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/ochoco/
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