As of 08-26-18 at 3:00 pm, The Curry County Sheriff’s Office will be notifying the Agness residents in the Agness Zone of a Level 2 Closure due to the fire location and progression reaching the Management Evaluation Point of Sliver Peak Ridge Trail.
The area to be notified will be starting on the south side of the Rogue River along the Agness Road #33 at Spud Road and those residents on Spud Road just west of the Illinois River Bridge and east to the Coon Rock Bridge that crosses the Rogue River just above Agness. Downriver on the north side of the Rogue River from junction #33 to the #375 road into Old Agness and all residences along the #375 road. All residents along Oak Flat Road #270 will be notified of the Level 2 Closure.
East of the Coon Rock Bridge where the #33 Road meets the #375 Road will remain a Level 1 at this time. The area west of Spud Road off the #33 Road to Wildhorse will remain Level 1 at this time.
As of the morning of Aug. 26, the Taylor Creek Fire is estimated 52,826 acres and is 95 percent contained. The Klondike Fire is estimated at 87,701 acres and is 41 percent contained. There are 1,240 personnel working on the Klondike Fire and 403 personnel assigned to the Taylor Creek Fire.
Both fires have spread into and are actively burning in the footprint of the 2002 Biscuit Fire, which has contributed to the western spread of the fires. The western edge of the Klondike Fire has spread into the Kalmiopsis Wilderness and has run into the footprint from the 2017 Chetco Bar Fire, which fire managers are using as a natural containment line.
Six heavy air tankers including the DC-10, one of the largest air tankers in the world, were used in the past two days and will continue to be used if possible. So far, roughly two miles of retardant have been laid along the ridgeline.
Aircraft dropped 121,000 gallons of retardant along the ridge. Although the fire reached the ridge top in two locations, helicopters and air tankers successfully prevented the fire from spreading over the ridge.
Crews continue to make progress on containment lines by clearing additional vegetation and laying hose lines on very challenging and unforgiving steep terrain.
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