NW Fire Blog

07/12/2025

CLUB FIRE
Incident -103

# # # JULY 2025 FIRE UPDATES # #
7/12/2025 1650 PT: SR 507 in Yelm, Thurston County, Washington State (USA). Resources: FOSS, E8207 & E8205 dispatched today at 1517 PT via the South Puget Sound Communications Center. 1 acre. DNR resources are on the scene.

INCIDENT COOPERATORS:
-- Thurston County Emergency Management

PSAS:
-- Burn Ban in effect as of 7/9/2025

07/12/2025

SATURDAY, 7/12/2025


Today's Safety Tip of the Day | Wildfire Prevention

Here is a great public service announcement on Wildfire Prevention from our Friends at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) with a great video.

07/12/2025

702 FIRE
McKenna (Pierce County), Washington (USA)
Source(s): wildcad.net
Map Credit: Google Maps

# # # 7/12/2025 SATURDAY # # #
@ 1645 PT: PEDERSEN, E8143 & E8142 were dispatched this afternoon at 1530 hours PDT to this area. DNR arrived on the scene and it has been reported less than 1 acre (0.75) was burned. No word on the cause or the containment status.

07/11/2025

LONG POINT FIRE

Date Started -- 7/9/2025
Location -- 8 miles east of Spray, Oregon
Lead Fire Agency -- ODF, Monument Unit
Fire Fuels -- Grass and brush
Cause -- Undetermined
Dispatch Center: John Day IA Dispatch Center (ORJDCC)
Source(s) -- nwcc, NIFC

7/12/2025 SATURDAY
@1715 PT -- 8 miles E of Spray, Oregon. Minimal fire behavior. 355 acres. 0% contained. 151 personnel. 6 crews, & 5 engines. $250,000 CTD.

7/10/2025 THURSDAY
@ 1930 PT -- Management team: Type 3 IMT command as of 1000 PT. Formerly under a Type 4 IC. 355 acres with a 0% containment status. Active fire behavior has been observed along w/running & torching. Structures are threatened.

- Resources: 61 personnel, 1 crew, and 11 engines. / Original units: 9663, 9661, 9668, 9602, 9263, C120 SUP, Cpt 610, 9662.

- CTD: $250,000.

07/11/2025

0523 WILLOW FIRE

7/12/2025 SATURDAY
@ 1720 PT -- Minimal fire behavior. Structures & sage-grouse habitat threatened. 4,403 acres. 30% contained. 148 personnel. 4 crews and 10 engines. CTD: $783,000.

7/10/2025 THURSDAY
- Incident -PRD-000523
- Command: Type 3 IC
- Location: 20 miles south of Paulina, Oregon
- Cause: Natural
- Source(s): nwcc, Central OR Fire Info
- Photo Credit(s): Central OR Fire Info

@2230 PT -- 0 Structures lost, CTD: $800,000. Land managed by BLM (Bureau of Land Management).

@ 2010 PT -- Crews have made good progress constructing direct line. 4,400 acres. 0 % contained. There is a new incident on Hampton Butte this afternoon near to the Willow Fire.

@ 1920 PT -- The fire has burned (as of this morning's fire update) 800 acres and has a 0% containment status. Current fire behavior has been observed as active with wind-driven runs, running, and with short-range spotting. Structures are threatened and evacuation orders are in effect. #

07/11/2025

GRIZZLY COMPLEX

7/10/2025 Thursday Fire Update
- Start Date: 7/8/2025
- Cause: Natural
- Location: 23 miles west of Ashland, OR
- Fire Fuels: timber
- Sources: nwcc

@ 1915 PT: The fire is currently listed as 500 acres as of this morning's fire update, with a 0% containment status. The fire behavior has been reported as moderate with group torching and running. There are 31 wildfires inside of this complex.

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07/11/2025

ELK FIRE
Incident -981S-250308
Source(s): NWCC

7/12/2025 SATURDAY
@ 1720 PT --- ODT Team 1, Klamath Unit. CIMT. 7 miles SW of Beatty, OR. Timber & closed timber litter. Active fire behavior with uphill runs, torching and spotting. Structures & energy infrastructure threatened. 2,592 acres. 7% contained. 751 total personnel. 19 crews, 51 engines, and 5 helicopters. 5 structures lost. CTD: $3.7 Million.

7/10/2025 THURSDAY
@ 1915 hours PT -- this wildfire is located about 7 miles southwest of Beatty, Oregon, which started on July 8, 2025, from an undetemined cause. As of this morning's update, the fire had burned about 3,000 acres, and has a 0% containment status. Fire behavior is listed as active with wind driven runs, running, and observed as having short-range spotting. # #

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07/10/2025

TERMINOLOGY THURSDAY | Containment

1 Percent contained: Refers to the percentage of the fire's perimeter that the FIRE has been contained.






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07/10/2025

What's Happening in the State of Oregon: Information received from the President & CEO of the NFPA and concerns he and others have.

Photo Image: NFPA

https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-hazard-map-oregon-repeal-3b8ae70926a1907953d0461effdd7ad7

07/10/2025

GREEN LAKE ROAD - Smoke Check Call
Off of Green Lake Road
Omak, Washington State (USA)
Incident -1674

Map Credit - Google Maps

JULY 10, 2025, THURSDAY
0525 PT -- Fire name from No name to Green Lake Road. Resources show they will be returning to the area today. (Source: wildcad.net)

JULY 9, 2025, WEDNESDAY
2047 PT -- A call was logged at 2042 hours PT in the CAD system, showing as a new Smoke Check call incident with no resources assigned to it. We are calling it the GREEN LAKE ROAD Incident.

07/10/2025

NORTH SKOOKUM LAKE -- Smoke Check
Incident -1673
Kings Lake Road
Pend Oreille County, Washington State (USA)

JULY 10, 2025 THURSDAY
--> 0525 PT 2040 PT

07/10/2025

DOG POINT FIRE - Incident -575 - final update 7/10/2025
Cook, Washington (near the WA/OR border

Source: wildcad.net WACCC

JULY 10, 2025 THURSDAY
0525 PT -- Fire is 0.9, no resources on the fire. THIS IS OUR FINAL UPDATE.

JULY 9, 2025 WEDNESDAY
2044 PT -- Fire is 0.1 acre in size.

2037 PT -- Resources logged in the wildcad.net Central Washington Communications Center (Dispatch) at 1935 hours PDT. Showing as a smoke check but in support of this incident. There are no resources showing as dispatched as of yet.

2035 PT -- E602 and 601 were dispatched this evening to Dog Point in Cook, Washington State at 1907 hours PT. This is the DOG POINT FIRE, Incident -575.

Map Credit -- Google