Here are the newest Updates for today’s fires.
FIRE SUMMARY:
NW Fire Stats
- Large Fires: 0 Stats: No change
- Uncontained Fires: WA [3], OR [1] Stats: No change
- New Fires: WA [5 for 38 acres], OR [14 for 1 acre] Stats: New fires went down
National Fire Stats
- New Fires [Initial Attack Activities-Light]: 100 Stats: A decrease of 21 new fires
- Large Fires Contained: 4 Stats: Fire crews are making some progress
- Uncontained Fires: 5 Stats: Good news with one contained
IMT Stats [Committed]
- WA IMT 1: 1
- National IMT 1: 2
- WA IMT 2: 1
- National IMT: 5
ALASKA FIRES

TANANA FIRE
Multiple fires located from close proximity up to 60+ miles from the town of Tanana [AK]
- Personnel: 331
- Incident Cooperators: #Doyon, #TananaChiefsConference, #TananaVillageCouncil, #TananaVFD
- Acres: 484,948
- Containment: 1%
- Fire status: Moderate fire behavior included torching, creeping and smoldering. Crews continued direct attack north of Tanana with saw lines and hose lays.
MIDDLE YUKON FIRES / RUBY AREA FIRES
Fires are south and east of the village of Ruby [AK]
- Personnel: 91
- Total Acres: 395,115 acres
- Containment: No containment % available
Multiple Fires burning in this Complex
Active
- Bruno Fire – 15,232 acres
- Big Creek Two Fire – 322,451 acres
- Trail Creek Fire – 32,687 acres
In Monitor Status
- Gentian Fire – 14, 065 acres
- Ruby Slough Fire – 49 acres
- Eldorado Fire – 6 acres
- Little Moose Fire – 761 acres
- Melozitnz – 3357 acres
IDITAROD FIRE
2.5 miles north of the ghost town of Iditarod [AK]
- Acres: 98,183
- Damage Assessment: 3 minor structures destroyed.
- Fire Status: In monitor status.
NORTH ANIAK FIRE
317 miles west of Anchorage, 2 miles north of the town of Aniak [AK]
- Acres: 55,704
- Fire Status: In mop-up, removing structure protection equipment
AGGIE CREEK FIRE
30 miles northwest of Fairbanks, AK along the Elliot Highway [AK]

- Personnel: 371
- Acres: 31,885
- Containment: 53%
- Fire Behavior: Low today with creeping, smoldering, and isolated tree torching
HAY SLOUGH FIRES
14 miles NNW of the village of Manley Hot Springs [AK]

- Personnel: 21
- Acres: 89,747
- Fire Behavior: Wetter conditions has led to mainly smoldering with some creeping
BLAIR FIRE
39 miles southeast of Fairbanks [AK]

- Personnel: 11
- Acres: 43,766
- Containment: Unknown
BAKER FIRE
14 miles of Manley Hot Springs [AK]

- Personnel: 220
- Acres: 27,103
- Containment: Unknown %
- Fire Behavior: Smoldering today with isolated pockets of creeping
- Complex Summary: Part of Manley Area Fires
MICHIGAN CREEK FIRE
38 miles Northeast of Delta Junction [AK]

- Personnel: Unknown #
- Acres: 10,499 acres
- Containment: Unknown %
HEALY LAKE FIRE
28 miles Southeast of Delta Junction [AK]

- Personnel: 39
- Acres: 11,473
- Containment: 15%
- Incident Cooperators: #RuralDeltanaVFD, #AKState
LONG LAKE FIRE
Directly south of Northway [AK]

- Personnel: 147
- Acres: 23,430
- Containment: 20%
TETLINS HILLS FIRE
8 Miles Se Of Tok [AK]

- Personnel: 125
- Acres: 1,878
- Containment: 75%
REX COMPLEX FIRE
Kobe fire is west of Clear, Fish Creek is NE of Clear [AK]

- Personnel: 241
- Fires in Complex: #KobeFire #FishCreekFire
- Total Acres: 16,159
- Containment: 63%
SOCKEYE FIRE
6 miles north of Willow [AK]

- Personnel: 9
- Acres: 7,220
- Containment: 99%
CARD STREET FIRE
Kenai Peninsula – 5 miles southeast of Sterling [AK]

- Personnel: Unknown #
- Acres: 8,876
- Containment: 92%
WHITEFISH LAKE 1 FIRE
8 miles south of Kalskag [AK]

- Personnel: 64
- Acres: 64,371
- Containment: 88%
LLOYD FIRE
40 miles SE of Manley Hot Springs, about 38 miles SW of the village of Tanana [AK]
- Personnel: Unknown
- Acres: 77,808
- Containment: Unknown
ROCK FIRE
9 miles SE of Hughes on the Koyukuk River [AK]
- Personnel: Unknown
- Acres: 60,019
- Containment: Unknown
DEEP CREEK FIRE
2 1/2 miles south of Lake Minchumina [AK]
- Personnel: Unknown
- Acres: 11,222
- Containment: Unknown
AK Fire Stats:
- New Fires: 7 for 57 acres
- Active Fires: 308 burning across the State
- Staffed Fires: 21 with 950,677 acres burned
- Monitored Fires: 281 with 3,309,778 acres burned
- Acres Burned YTD: 4,778,638
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NEWBY LAKE FIRE
12 miles NW of Loomis [WA]

- Personnel: 504
- Acres: 5065
- Containment: 20%
PARADISE FIRE
Approximately 13 miles North/Northeast of Quinault [WA]

- Personnel: 116l
- Acres: 1612
- Containment: 21%
OUTLAW DRAW FIRE
- Personnel: Unknown #
- Acres: 2000
- Containment: 60%
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CORNER CREEK FIRE
11 miles south of Dayville; near Black Canyon Wilderness [OR]

- Personnel: 124
- Acres: 29,407
- Containment: 98%
- Incident Cooperators: BLM, USDA Forest Service, #CrookCountySheriff, #GrantCountySheriff, #ORDeptOfForestry
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NORTH FIRE
Cajon Pass, Baldy Mesa / I-15 N of Hwy 138 [CA]

- Started: 7/16/15 1433 hours
- Acres: 3500
- Containment Status: 5%
- Mandatory evacuations: E of Sheep Creek Rd, N of Hwy 138, W of I15 / Hwy 395, S of Phelan Rd.
- Evac Shelter: Serrano HS, 9292 Sheep Creek Rd, Phelan CA
- Animal Shelter: Victor Valley Fairgrounds, 14800 7th St, Victorville CA
- Damage Assessment [SB I-5]: 20 vehicles, 2 Semis destroyed; 10 vehicles damaged. [Baldy Mesa] 3 homes, 8 outbuildings, 44 vehicles destroyed.
- Command: Unified with San Bernardino County Fire + CALFire + San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office IMT 2 team ordered.
- Resources: 22 engines, 2 crews, 4 water tenders, 1 dozer, 1 air attack plane, 1 lead plane, 3 helicopters and 6 fixed wing planes including a DC10 and MD87.
- Significant Event: Aircraft was grounded for 25 minutes due to a drone flying in the same airspace as Fire Suppression aircraft. After the airspace was clear, Fire Suppression aircraft resumed operations.**
- ALERT: Fire Managers would like to alert the Public to the usage [flights] of drones which fly at the same level as Fire Suppression aircraft. When this happens, all Fire Suppression aircraft must be grounded due to possible collisions and other mishaps putting crews and civilian lives in serious danger which may also include death. DON’T DO IT!
- Personnel: 1000
- Incident Cooperators: #CALFire, #CALTrans, #SanBernardinoCoFD, #SanBernardinoCoEOM, #SanBernardinoCoSheriffOffice
- Cause: Under investigation
LAKE FIRE
Barton Flats, South Fork, Fish Creek, Coon Creek, Ten Thousand Foot Ridge, Onyx Peak, Upper Pipes Canyon [CA]

- Personnel: 70
- Acres: 31,359
- Containment: 98%
- Incident Cooperators: #AmericanRedCross, #BLM, #USDA Forest Service, #AnaheimFD, #BaronaFD, #BigBearFD, #BishopCityFD, #BreaFD, #BurbankFD, #CALFire, #CAConservationCorps, #CaDOC, #CALTrans, #CHP, #CAEOM, #CarsonCityFD, #ChinoValleyFD, #ColtonFD, #KernCoFD, #LagunaBeachFD, #LA_coFD, #LomaLindaFD, #MorongoValleyFD, #OntarioFD, #OrangeCityFD, #RanchoCucamongaFD, #RanchoSantaFeFD, #RedlandsFD, #RiversideFD, #RossValleyFD, #SanBernardinoCityFD, #SanBernardinoCountyFD, #SanBernandinoCountyEOM, #SanBernardinoCountySheriffsOffice, #SanDiegoFD, #SanManuelFD, #SanMarcosFD, #VenturaCoFire, #ViejasFD
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