Some evacuation levels are lowered for Harney County with the Falls Fire
By Mindy Gould on Monday, July 29th, 2024 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
HARNEY COUNTY-The Harney County Sheriff’s Office, with collaboration from Falls and Telephone Fires 2024, Harney County Emergency Management, and fire personnel, are updating and lowering evacuation levels in some areas due to the increased containment of the Falls Fire as outlined below.
Refer to the map here https://bit.ly/FallsFireEvac
𝑰𝑴𝑷𝑶𝑹𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑻 𝑴𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑨𝑮𝑬:
𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 U.S. Forest Service-Malheur National Forest. 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑.
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.
𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛, 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.
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𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟐 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟏 (𝐁𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲):
o The immediate area to the west and south of the Falls Fire Level 3
𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟏 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐎 𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋:
o The City of Burns, City of Hines, and Burns Paiute Tribe
o The area south of Rye Grass Lane and Lane 9 to Highway 78, the area between Highway 205 and Highway 78
o Zone 031A: The area east of 4510 Road to the 41 Road (this zone is to the west of the Falls Fire)
o Zone 067A: The area east of the 4120 Road, south of the 41 Road all the way down to Highway 20
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