UPDATE 7 | JULY 30, 2021
Incident Summary
The BOOTLEG FIRE was sparked by lightning on July 7, 2021. It is named after the nearby Bootleg Spring. It is located about 11 miles northeast of the town of Sprague River and 15 miles northwest of Beatty, Oregon.
The LOG FIRE has merged in with the BOOTLEG FIRE and is under one incident name only, including stats. This occurred on July 20, 2021.
Fire Operations
Thursday was filled with another day of escalated levels of active fire behavior, which was predicted for Fire. Per the IC, that crews are using hose lays, mop up and patrol to contain and improve them. It remains with creeping, torching and smoldering.
Reports of approximately 160 miles of uncontained line in a fire that has over 300 miles of perimeter.
Resources
Currently, there are 1,918 fire personnel, including 47 crews, 22 copters and 98 engines.
- American Red Cross
- BLM Fire
- South Central FMP
- Fremont-Winema NF
- Klamath County
- Lake County
- Oregon National Guard
- WA National Guard
- Civil Air Patrol
- Fremont FD (CA)
- SW Polk FD
- NWS Medford
- Metro Fire of Sacramento (CA)
- Nevada National Guard
- Baker Aircraft
- Portland FD
- American Forests
- Tanker 10
- NIFC
- Kirkland (WA) FD
- ODF
- OR’s 2nd District Congressman Cliff Bentz
- Medford Tanker Base
Current Status
The fire has burned about 413,562 acres of timber and brush and is 56% contained.
Damage Assessment
- Destroyed: 161 homes and 247 other structures destroyed; crews are reporting 408 structures to the NIFC July 30th briefing.
- Damaged: 16 homes and 15 other structures.
- Threatened: 2,066 homes.
- Cost-to-date: $67.4 Million Dollars.
Public Information — Fire Information Public Phone – 541-482-1331.
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