Alder Creek Fire estimated at 400 acres
By Logan Bagett on Friday, July 7th, 2023 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
SPRAY – UPDATE (7/7/23 @ 12:00 p.m.): Wildcad.net has updated the Alder Creek Fire to 400 acres.
PREVIOUSLY POSTED: (From the Oregon Dept. of Transportation)
OR highway 19 is closed in eastern Oregon between mileposts 79 and 92 (one mile south of Service Creek to Spray) due to a wildfire in the area. Travelers will need to use alternate route and should avoid the area. For update conditions visit TripCheck.com or call 511 / 800-977-6368. More Info Here
PREVIOUSLY POSTED: According to wildcad.net, the Alder Creek Fire was last estimated at 225 acres. See a press release from the Wheeler County Sheriff’s Office below:
(From the Wheeler County Sheriff’s Office.)
On July 6th, 2023 at about 3:16pm Frontier 911 received a report of a brush fire in the area of Highway 19/207 at milepost 81 “Alder Creek”.
Upon the arrival of the first fire units the fire was mostly between the Highway and the John Day River but jumped the river and began to spread quickly.
At the time of this post, 11:49pm, the fire was still very active and is several hundred acres in size. Fire crews will remain on scene overnight.
Oregon Department of Transportation has Highway 19/207 closed between Spray and Service Creek, except for local traffic. If you don’t need to travel in this area please do not.
We will update this post in the morning after we are briefed on the overnight operations.
Stay posted for updates.
