SELAH, Wash. – Wildfire resources are deploying to a 5-10 acre wildfire that was detected around 1624 hours PDT but resources were not heard deploying until 1700 hours PDT on Saturday, June 2, 2018.
Fire burning 3 miles to the northwest, away from structures. Photo Credit | Midge Thomas
The fire is located on Buffalo Road, just north of Selah (Yakima County), Washington State.
RESOURCES
Incident Command (IC):
- Located on Buffalo Road in a gravel parking lot.
Fire:
- WA DNR sending an unknown number of personnel, 2 Helicopters (H339 is one of them) and a dozer.
- Command asked Dispatch for 5 additional engines and dozers.
- Engine 521 to arrive in about 30 minutes. (as of 1758 PDT)
- Engine 463 is en route. (as of 1758 PDT)
Air Resources:
- Helicopters 339 and 341 are actively working over the fire.
- 1 Air Attack has arrived with one fire boss, a second one (boss) has been requested.
- Current resources on-scene: 2 rotors, 2 engines, 1 Air Attack with Air Tanker out of The Dalles (OR) with 1 hour ETA (as of 1745 hours PDT)
- Helicopters are at 3,000 feet or below.
- Airtankers to fly at 3,500 – 4,000 at pilot’s discretion.
CURRENT STATUS
Burning in Selah. Photo Credit | Midge Thomas
Acreage:
- 5-10 acres but growing rapidly (1700 hours PDT)
- 300 acres (as of 1725 hours PDT) after a helicopter air recon flight.
- 0% containment status.
Fire Behavior:
- Rate of Spread is high.
- Fire is burning in Selah.
- Fire photos included in this post are burning 3 miles northwest away from structures. Photo Credit: Midge Thomas.
- Fire most active in the SE corner of the canyon.
Fire Operations:
- East flank: engines are being lined out. Fire operations trying to knockdown the fire and keep it out of the Canyon.
- SE Corner: fire burning in this area.
Heli Comms:
- Using “Wenatchee” as Dispatch and Air Communitications.
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(c) 2018 NW Fire Blog – Updated 1820 hours PDT
