Re: Summit Trail Fire
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 11:03 pm
Summit Trail Fire Update 8-27
Summit Trail Wildfire
News – 12 hrs. ago
Inchelium, WA – Cloudy weather helped to moderate fire behavior yesterday, but pockets of unburned fuel exposed to wind and sun are becoming receptive to burning. Firefighters will use helicopters where necessary to drop water to slow the fire and keep it within containment lines.
Yesterday firefighters successfully joined several sections of completed fire line and conducted small-scale burning operations to remove unburned fuels near fire lines on the northern and northeastern flanks. Firefighters continued to mop-up and patrol on the southeast, south and southwestern flanks, and to retrieve firefighting equipment from the Twin Lakes area.
Crews will continue to work on direct and indirect fire line on the north flank of the fire. A national guard crew is working on gridding and mop up operations from the completed line that is on the northeast flank of the fire.
A cold front passed over the area last night that brough slightly cooler and windier weather. Firefighters will monitor weather and fuel conditions for opportunities to burn small areas to strengthen containment lines. Smoke may be visible from these operations. Work is underway to improve roads in the Lynx Mountain area to be used as containment lines.
On all unlined portions of the fire, the strategy is to build fire line as close to the fire’s edge as possible, and to strengthen these lines with small-scale burning where it can be effective.
The Colville Reservation reopened to industrial activities and the general public this morning at 12:01 a.m.
While current weather conditions provide respite from the extreme fire potential present in northeast Washington, the forest can quickly dry out again in the many weeks of fire season ahead. Please continue to do all you can to prevent wildfires.
Smoke: Current weather conditions will moderate smoke impacts throughout the area today.
For more information about the Colville Indian Tribes, visit https://www.colvilletribes.com/.
The Incident Command Post is located in Inchelium, WA.
Summit Trail Wildfire
News – 12 hrs. ago
Inchelium, WA – Cloudy weather helped to moderate fire behavior yesterday, but pockets of unburned fuel exposed to wind and sun are becoming receptive to burning. Firefighters will use helicopters where necessary to drop water to slow the fire and keep it within containment lines.
Yesterday firefighters successfully joined several sections of completed fire line and conducted small-scale burning operations to remove unburned fuels near fire lines on the northern and northeastern flanks. Firefighters continued to mop-up and patrol on the southeast, south and southwestern flanks, and to retrieve firefighting equipment from the Twin Lakes area.
Crews will continue to work on direct and indirect fire line on the north flank of the fire. A national guard crew is working on gridding and mop up operations from the completed line that is on the northeast flank of the fire.
A cold front passed over the area last night that brough slightly cooler and windier weather. Firefighters will monitor weather and fuel conditions for opportunities to burn small areas to strengthen containment lines. Smoke may be visible from these operations. Work is underway to improve roads in the Lynx Mountain area to be used as containment lines.
On all unlined portions of the fire, the strategy is to build fire line as close to the fire’s edge as possible, and to strengthen these lines with small-scale burning where it can be effective.
The Colville Reservation reopened to industrial activities and the general public this morning at 12:01 a.m.
While current weather conditions provide respite from the extreme fire potential present in northeast Washington, the forest can quickly dry out again in the many weeks of fire season ahead. Please continue to do all you can to prevent wildfires.
Smoke: Current weather conditions will moderate smoke impacts throughout the area today.
For more information about the Colville Indian Tribes, visit https://www.colvilletribes.com/.
The Incident Command Post is located in Inchelium, WA.