September 11, 2024 4:00 a.m.

Northwest Incident Management Team 13 is holding a public meeting Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m.to update residents on the status of the Devil’s Knob and Milepost 98 fires.

It will be held at South Umpqua Community Church on Tiller Trail Highway in Days Creek. Fire management strategy, objectives and tactical operations will be shared. The meeting will be recorded and posted to Facebook for those unable to attend.

All lanes on the Interstate-5 corridor near the Milepost 98 Fire are open.

As of Tuesday evening:

On the Devil’s Knob Fire, crews are continuing to strengthen lines and work on the spot fire from Monday night. On the northeast flank near the 1610 road, crews continue to work on containment lines. Aviation buckets worked most of the day working to keep the fire in check. On the southern edge, fire backed to the containment lines Tuesday giving crews an opportunity to mop up lines and deepen the lines to hold better for containment. For Wednesday, the goal is to continue to secure and hold containment lines and mop up where it is safe to minimize the impacts to the values at risk. The Devil’s Knob Fire is currently listed at 4,058 acres with zero percent containment.

On the Milepost 98 Fire, crews are continuing to mop up and patrol, strengthening the control lines. On the southern edge, falling of overhead hazard trees is complete and crews continue to mop up and deepen the control lines. Towards the I-5 corridor, hazard trees need to be removed to reduce threats to the highway. Crews have been able to mop up control lines to a depth of 50 feet. Bucket work with the helicopters worked interior smokes to keep heat down and minimize threat to containment lines. The Milepost 98 fire is listed at 240 acres with zero percent containment.

More information on both fires is at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565585039397