Monday, July 25, 2005

BLOSSOM COMPLEX, Siskiyou National Forest



132.3250 Air to Air
168.650 NFF
171.3875 Dispacth
415.5750 Link
151.1450 ODF
151.3400 Red Net
151.1300 White net

BLOSSOM COMPLEX, Siskiyou National Forest. A Type 2 Incident Management Team (Paul)
has been ordered. This complex is 25 miles northeast of Gold Beach, OR in timber. Extremely
rugged terrain with rolling debris is impeding containment efforts. Short runs and sustained
backing fire were reported.

Update 07/26/05

188 acres at zero percent contained. This complex comprised of the Huggins, Blossom and Solitude fires is 25 miles northeast of Gold Beach. Lodges along the Rogue Wild and Senic River are threatened. Extremely rugged terrain with rolling debris is impeding containment efforts.

This is a complex of three fires. Huggins-8 acres, Solutude-62 acres, Blossom-118 acres

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Update 07/27/05

OR-SIF-011 Blossom Complex 226 acres 3% containment
This complex consists of three fires. They are the Blossom Fire 148 ac, the Solitude Fire 70 ac, and the Huggins Fire
8 ac. All of the fires are burning in the Wild Rogue Wilderness approximately 25 miles NE of Gold Beach, OR. The
Solitude and Huggins fires are on the south side of the Rouge River, while the most problematic fire, the Blossom Fire,
is on the north side of the river. ORCA Incident Management Team (Paul) is committed. Approximately 16 lodges and
residences along and 24 outbuildings are threatened by these fires. Plans call for containment and mop up of the
Huggins Fire, the completion of structure protection, and line construction on the Solitude Fire.

UPDATE: 07/29/05

This is a complex of three fires. Huggins-8 acres, Solutude-123 acres, Blossom-492 acres. The Huggins fire is in mop up status.

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