August 21, 2023 11:10 a.m.    

The Flat Fire burning in Curry County remains fifty-eight percent contained and is still listed at 34,242 acres.

An update from the Southwest Incident Management Team said crews are concentrating on identifying any threatening fire behavior using constant visual assessments of the fire activity. Fuels Group crews constructing hand line in the Pistol River drainage are nearing competition of the southern tier contingency line project. Work will continue to improve the new lines for contingency against wind driven fire expansion. Improving these lines is a priority to reach an acceptable end state and achieve the full suppression objective. Additional contingency opportunities are being explored where future fire activity can be anticipated to pose the greatest threat.

Five hundred twelve people are assigned to the Flat Fire. Updates are available at: https://www.facebook.com/flatfireoregon2023