UPDATE as of 2107 – 8/7/2014

CARLTON COMPLEX Wildfires

Start:  7/14/14.

Cause:  Lightning.

Fire Incident Summary:  4 fires started originally then became 1 on 7/20/14.

• Stokes Fire.
• The Gold Hikes Fire.
• The French Creek Fire.
• The Cougar Flat Fire.

New starts:

• Rising Eagle Rd Fire.
• Little Bridge Fire.
• Upper Falls Fire.

Personnel:  1805 approximately.

Acreage:  253,377.

Terrain Conditions:  Timber & grass.  Steep & Difficult.

Damage: 

• 300 destroyed.
• Critical infrastructure.

Evacuations:

• Level 1: Pearrygin Lk State Park & E Chewuch Rd [Carlton Complex Fire]
• Level 1:  Sun Mtn Resort; Pine Forest; Private land along Hwy 21; Twisp River from Elbow Coulee to Forest Boundary.

Incident Cooperators:

• United States Forest Service [USFS]
• Washington Department of Natural Resources [WADNR]
• Bureau of Land Management [BLM]
• Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Okanogan Fire Districts #6 & #15
• Okanogan County Sheriffs Office [OCSO]
• Chelan County Fire District
• Chelan Fire Districts #1, #, #4, #6, #8
• Washington State Department of Transportation [WSDOT]
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• American Red Cross [ARC]
• Chelan County Sheriffs Office
• Oknogan County Emergency Office of Operations assisting the towns:  Pateros, Brester, Twisp, Malott, Winthrop, Canyon and Methow.

Location:

• 5 miles SW of Okanogan, WA
• 7 miles South of Twisp, WA
• 9 miles SW of Omak, WA

Future Objectives:

• Focus on N end of Pearrygin Lk; the Rising Eagle Rd Fire; NW of ski area at Hwy 20 and E of Leecher Loookout

Editor’s Note:  Remember, to keep all those in your thoughts and prayers whom are either on the fireground, in the air, in administration, dispatch or somehow involved.  We want  you all to know we are here supporting you by showing the great progress and tireless efforts you all have been exerting. Please be safe, friends.

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