July 24, 2019 4:15 a.m.
Firefighters with the Douglas Forest Protective Association and other agencies dealt with two fires on Tuesday night.
Kyle Reed said DFPA and Douglas County Fire District No. 2 sent crews to a natural cover fire 14 miles west of Sutherlin, near Hubbard Creek Road. When personnel arrived at 5:30 p.m. they located a slow-moving fire that burned about 1/100^th of an acre. A preliminary fire investigation indicated that the cause of the Hubbard Creek Fire was powerline related.
Firefighters from DFPA and Elkton Rural Fire District responded to a natural cover fire, one mile south of Elkton near Haines Creek at about 8:00 p.m. They found a slow-moving fire between Highway 138W and the Umpqua River. Crews stopped the forward spread of the Haines Creek Fire at ¼ acre of grass and brush and remained on the scene until about 11:00 p.m. mopping up hot spots and securing control lines. The cause of that fire is currently under investigation.