Falls Fire update as of Monday, July 15, 2024
By Mindy Gould on Monday, July 15th, 2024 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
HARNEY COUNTY-Falls Fire Morning Quick Facts:
Acreage: 64,225
Containment: 0%
Total Personnel: 646
Yesterday evening NWIMT8 and OSFM Blue Team went in to unified command. OSFM has four Task Forces of engines based out of the Incident Command Post in Hines Oregon along with their Incident Command team.
Temperatures today are forecasted at 85-90 degrees, with mostly westerly winds 8-12 mph this afternoon. There is a slight chance of rain to the south of the fire area, this weather system could bring outflow gusts up to 22mph.
An operational video will post at 8:00 a.m. with further details on the fire.
Evacuation levels are in place, for current information visit:
https://www.facebook.com/HarneyCoSheriff?mibextid=LQQJ4d
U.S. Forest Service-Malheur National Forest
Burns Interagency Fire Zone
