Fuller, originally from Klamath Falls, lost his own home in a house fire in 2007. “Right now, we just don’t know where to go from here – at all,” Kimberly Bucher said.ĭarrell Fuller says emotions like these are common among evacuees of wildfires or house fires. “I figured it was gone, but … it left a really empty feeling in me,” he said. He and his wife, and their daughter found out on Saturday that all was lost. “Everything happened so fast, we got everything that was living and left,” he said. The dog was antsy because her 14 puppies were inside the fairgrounds event center.īen Bucher said he’s feeling the grief of losing his home and all of his possessions, including all the family photos. Beads of sweat dripped from Ben Bucher’s face as he tried to hold his German Shepherd, Gretchen, still. The Buchers stood outside the Klamath County Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon to receive a care package from a friend visiting them from out of town. “It didn’t seem like it was going our direction but it went every direction,” Ben Bucher said. The Bucher family didn’t think the fire would turn towards their property at first. The Buchers lost the trailers on their 10-acre property near the Sycan Forest Estates in Beatty. Jason Pettigrew / Oregon Department of Forestryĭozens evacuated from path of Bootleg FireĪn evacuation center set up at the Klamath County Fairgrounds was housing nearly three dozen people displaced by the fire as of Sunday afternoon, according to Darrell Fuller, a disaster response volunteer and public information officer for the shelter.īen Bucher and his daughter Kimberly Bucher were among the nearly three dozen evacuees staying at the shelter. The Bootleg Fire, burning on the Fremont-Winema National Forest. The team’s Operations Chief Bruce Meyer said, “with the moderated fire behavior today, firefighters were able to make greater progress toward containment compared to yesterday when their safety was highly compromised.” The shade kept temperatures a little lower and relative humidity a little higher, which resulted in far less fire growth than yesterday.” “The smoke from yesterday shaded the fire today, which greatly moderated fire behavior. Northwest Incident Management Team 10, which is currently leading the fire response, quoted fire behavior expert Forrest Ownby on its Facebook page: The fire moved through the Sycan Estates development and burned for about eight miles alongside a high voltage powerline corridor that supplies electricity to Northern California.īut late Sunday night, fire officials said the heavy smoke created by the previous days’ extreme fire behavior had caused the fire to moderate, pushing the total area burned to 150,812 acres. By Sunday morning, it had burned nearly 144,000 acres, with zero containment. The Bootleg Fire had earlier roared through eastern Klamath County, doubling in size for two days running. Saalsaa, of the state fire marshal’s office, said officials are expecting it to continue burning for several weeks at least based on its size. There are no reported injuries or fatalities. The fire has burned across major power lines that deliver electricity to California and has destroyed seven homes. Meanwhile, firefighters on the massive Bootleg Fire in south-central Oregon have reported a small reprieve, ironically due to the smoke the fire itself has created. Heavy smoke helps with Bootleg Fire, dozens are displaced Backhaul of excess equipment.The National Weather Service said in a statement that areas west of the Cascades in the vicinity of the Jack Fire are likely to see continued smoke into late afternoon and evening Monday. Continue to gain depth towards mop-up standards.
Tactical patrol and mop-up around structures and roadways. Fuels are dry and receptive to burning.Ĭontinue to reinforce the existing control lines. ERCs have been setting new records for the fire area since 7/1 and are starting to moderate but remain above the 97th percentile. The Wychus drainage to the SE has some potential for hold-overs due to heavy riparian fuel loading. Juniper, sage and grass with scattered open pine stands. Timber with grass and understory brush of 2 feet. Central Oregon Fire Management Service, Type 4 Team, Incident Commander Luke Garcia
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