Tunnel 5 Fire Nears Full Containment

Containment of the Tunnel 5 Fire near Underwood is now at 80 percent.  Fire crews will continue to monitor containment lines around the fire perimeter, along Cook-Underwood Road and Highway 14.  Northwest Team 12 and many of the firefighting resources assigned to the fire will be demobilized at the end of shift Monday.  A Type 4 Incident Management Team will assume command of the fire on Tuesday.  Team 12 operations trainee Cody Acord says by the time the transfer takes place, full containment should be achieved.  Remaining fire crews and equipment will be utilized to patrol the fire area for the next several days as warmer temperatures and higher wind speeds return to the area throughout this week and pockets of interior fuels continue to be consumed.  Smoke from this interior burning will be visible for some time to come.  Washington Highway 14 remains closed between mile markers 56-65 due to safety hazards from fire weakened trees and terrain that has been compromised by fire activity.  All Skamania County evacuation levels have been lifted.  Cause of the 529-acre fire remains under investigation. 

 

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