Lake Lenore Fire
Location: 11 miles N of Detroit Lake, Clackamas and Marion Cos., OR
Specific Location: Bull of the Woods Wilderness, Lat 44° 53´ 56″ Lon 122° 3´ 21″
Date of Origin: 08/16/2008 (first official report 09/18/08)
Cause: lightning
Situation as of 09/21/2008 at 5:00 PM
Personnel: 8
Size: 536 acres
Percent contained: 10%
Costs to Date: $475,000
No suppression, monitoring only. Old-growth fire. Backing, group tree torching and small uphill runs. No explanation for acreage reduction. Name of fire changed to “Clackamas Complex.” Last report from USFS. Big secret deal. Hush hush. Old-growth murder fire. Mums the word.
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Situation as of 09/18/2008 at 6:15 PM
Personnel: 20
Size: 650 acres
Percent contained: 0%
No suppression, monitoring only. Old-growth fire. Backing, group tree torching and small uphill runs.
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Situation as of 09/17/2008 at 8:00 PM
Personnel: 14
Size: 550 acres
Percent contained: 0%
Fire Behavior: Backing, group tree torching and small uphill runs.
Evidently a smoldering lightning strike that flared up yesterday. Old-growth westside Cascades forest. Trees up to 450 years old torching. Irreplaceable. Extreme resource destruction.
No initial attack. No attempt to contain, control, or extinguish. Fire is being “monitored.”
