DAY 2 UPDATE: Friday, June 30, 2023, 2015 PDT (Edited)

Incident Summary: A fire is burning about two miles south of Arden near Moran Creek Road appearing off of Hwy 395 in Colville, (Stevens County) Washington State. The fire is listed as having ignited from an unknown source, which is under investigation on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 1337 hours PDT.

Fire Name: Changed from MORGAN FIRE to MORAN FIRE.

Photo Courtesy: SCSO (R)

Current Size Up: 61 acres (June 30) up from 50 acres (June 29). Updated | 20% contained.

Evacuations: Level 2 for the area of Arden Butte Road area.

Resources:

  • Current resources (Wildcad.net) AR 7407, NC 7303, C 301, C 7340, C 7440, NC 7307, AR 7410, NC 7302, E 611, and NC 7305
  • Management: Type 3 IMT as of 0600 Friday, June 30, 2023.
  • State Mobe: approved 6/29/2023 at 1800 hours
  • WA DNR: (2) 10-person hand crews, (3) engines, (1) dozer
  • PIO: Stevens County Fire District
  • Incident Cooperators: SCFD 7, SCSO, SCEMA
  • Approximately 200 total personnel
  • ICP: Located at the Colville Jr. HS

Threatened:

Updated | WA DNR: Seven structures that were burned have not been confirmed as homes but they are looking into each one.

  • Homes
  • Infrastructure
  • Agriculture

Initial Response: Firefighters and equipment were initially dispatched through the WANEC wildcad.net system on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at 1337 hours PDT. The fire was last updated at 50 acres.

Fire Weather: RED FLAG WARNING in effect from 1100 to 2300 hours on Saturday, July 1, 2023, for wind and low RH for the foothills of Ne Washington, Colville Reservation, Methow Valley, Eastern Columbia Basin, Palouse, Snake River, and the Spokane, Washington State areas.

The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 11 AM to 11 PM PDT Saturday.

* Affected Area: Fire Weather Zone 701 Foothills of Northeast

Washington (Zone 701), Fire Weather Zone 702 Colville

Reservation (Zone 702), Fire Weather Zone 704 Methow Valley

(Zone 704), Fire Weather Zone 708 Eastern Columbia Basin –

Palouse -Spokane Area (Zone 708) and Fire Weather Zone 709

Lower Palouse -Snake River (Zone 709).

* Winds: West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* Relative Humidities: 10 to 18 percent.

* Impacts: Rapid fire spread with any new fires.

Source: NWS

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