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Type 2 team ordered for Middle Fork Complex Fire burning near Oakridge
The fire is made up of a series of 9 small fires, all started by lightning.
Posted: Jul 29, 2021 10:31 PM
Updated: Jul 30, 2021 2:46 PM
Posted By: Karly Tinsley
OAKRIDGE, Ore.- The Willamette National Forest has ordered a Type 2 team to help with the Middle Fork Complex fire burning near Oakridge.
The fire is made up of nine smaller fires that were sparked by lightning Tuesday evening.
The Willamette National Forest said they range from one acre to ten acres in size.
One is on the McKenzie River Ranger District, and eight are on the Middle Fork Ranger District.
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KLCC s Brian Bull reports on the continued use of prescribed burns ahead of the hotter, drier months.
Outside the Delta Campground site near Highway 126, Tiffany Olsen attaches a large hose between a hydrant and a water tender, a truck capable of carrying 1500 gallons of water.
Tiffany Olsen, Fire Prevention Technician with the U.S. Forest Service, McKenzie River Ranger District.
Credit Brian Bull / KLCC
“Hopefully this will fill the right away and not wash the tender again, she laughed.
Olsen is with the McKenzie River Ranger District. They’re wrapping up a prescribed burn at a site called Buck 3 this week.