LOCATION: Gasquet Ranger District / Six Rivers National Forest

COMMAND TEAM: Central Coast Incident Management Team

TOTAL FIRES: 4

ACRES: 11,484

PERCENT CONTAINED: 17%

RESOURCES: Total Personnel: 658 Hand Crews: 9 Dozers: 8 Engines: 37 Air Tankers: 2 Helicopters: 4

Water Tenders: 18 Injuries: 5 to date

CURRENT SITUATION: The southwest corner of the Coon Fire continues to back downhill to the South Fork of the Smith River in the Paradise Flat area. The current management strategy is to allow the fire to work down to the South Fork, which is being utilized as a natural containment line. A structure protection group continues to implement preparations in the community of Rock Creek, Paradise Flat and Tollefson Ranch. We are working closely with local and state agencies to make sure all residents have been advised of the existing structure protection plan. The Coon Fire has not crossed Deer Creek. Hand Crews and dozers have completed a secondary containment line on the ridge top south of Deer Creek. Public Information Officers will be located at Sand Camp on South Fork Road again tomorrow. On the Bear Fire, firefighters utilized existing roads, dozers and firing operations to minimize spread. Both fires will be staffed with a night shift.

Bear Fire – 2,663 acres Coon Fire – 4,246 acres Peak Fire – 3,861 acres Feeder Fire – 714 acres

Today the marine layer brought cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity. High temperatures were in the 70’s to lower 80’s and low relative humidity was 15-35%. Ridge top winds shifted northwest this afternoon, but remained less than 10mph. Tonight the inversion will strengthen with slightly cooler temperatures in the upper 50’s to lower 60’s, and the humidity should recover to 50-75%.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: The east gate of Howland Hill road has been closed. Stout Grove is still accessible from the west. A public meeting will be held on Friday evening at 7:00 pm at the RV Park in Hiouchi.

CURRENT FOREST AND ROAD CLOSURES: A closure order has been issued for the Bear Basin Lookout, Island Lake Trailhead, Doe Flat Trailhead, South Kelsey Trail, Summit Trail, and the Gasquet-Orleans Road. An additional closure has been signed to include the areas around Bear Fire, Coon Fire and some adjacent areas to the G-O road.

As bow hunting season draws near it is important to remember that there are forest and road closures throughout popular hunting areas. These areas are closed to provide for public and firefighter safety. There may be areas adjacent to these closures that are not officially closed, but present additional hazards.

For up to date information on smoke conditions and health effects, visit the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District website at www.ncuaqmd.org.

For more information about the Six Rivers National Forest, visit us at www.fs.usda.gov/srnf, “like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/USFSSixRiversNF, or “follow” us on Twitter atwww.twitter.com/SixRiversNF.

For more information please go to http://www.inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4444/ or contact us by email atgasquetcomplex@gmail.com or by phone at (707) 925-3172.

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