Firefighters on the Eagle Creek Fire concentrated their efforts on the I-84 corridor today, burning out small pockets of fuel east toward Cascade Locks. These controlled burns sent up visible smoke, but the fire is not creating any new threats. The evening update from fire officials indicates that south of Cascade Locks, crews secured and mopped-up around structures and other infrastructure. Containment line has been cleared along the powerline corridor to Shell Rock Mountain. Contingency lines have been established from Mitchell Point southwest to Wahtum Lake using a series of roads, trails, and dozer line. Along the southern portion of the fire, fire activity has been subdued over the last 48 hours due to moisture in those areas. Very little heat has been observed in the spot fires on the west end of the fire. Weather today has been warmer and drier than previous days and winds were light, out of the east. There is a shift predicted tomorrow with winds turning westerly. The change in winds may bring smoke into different areas, as firefighters continue to strengthen lines along the I-84 corridor. Temperatures will continue to increase but remain within seasonal averages. Size and containment level for the Eagle Creek Fire were unchanged Monday morning…33,382 acres with seven percent containment.  Those numbers did not change all weekend. There have been no changes to Hood River County evacuation advisories since Friday. There are four hotshot crews, 13 Type 2 crews, seven Type 2 initial attack crews, 84 engines, 11 helicopters, 38 dozers, nine water tenders, and 979 personnel assigned to the fire. Hood River County Emergency Management has set up an information hotline for the Eagle Creek Fire, that number is 541-387-6941. The Hood River County Sheriff’s Department encourages County residents to sign up for the Citizen Alert automatic notification system that sends emergency alerts through home, mobile or business phones, email addresses, and text messages.  To sign up, go to the Hood River County website. The Oregon Department of Transportation affirmed today that Interstate 84 westbound will open first. But the area of I-84 around Cascade Locks is still an active evacuation zone and the Eagle Creek Fire is still burning, so when it will open is still undetermined. ODOT needs another week to complete rock scaling and removal operations along eastbound I-84. But the lanes won’t reopen until fire no longer threatens the road.  The biggest impediment to re-opening the I-84 eastbound lanes is the threat of falling rocks, mostly around the Toothrock Tunnel. The work is slow in steep, difficult terrain and reaches high up the hillside.  ODOT has removed about 2,500 trees that were in danger of falling onto I-84; about 1,000 remain to be removed. Tree removal should be finished in the next few days.  The Historic Columbia River Highway remains closed with no schedule to reopen. A 20-person fire crew continues to prep roads along the east side of the Indian Heaven Wilderness for use as the fire line to minimize any spread of the East Crater Fire outside the wilderness.  Crews are removing brush and small trees from the roadside and installing hose lays. The East Crater Fire has been burning in the wilderness since September 3 and fire size remains at 467-acres. The Washington Department of Natural Resources says the Archer Mountain Fire above Skamania has now burned 259 acres but moved the containment level up to 40 percent.  The Washington Department of Natural Resources says suppression tactics are meeting containment strategy.  There are 110 firefighters involved in that effort. The 250-acre Rim Fire now has a 32 percent containment level.  That fire is six miles east of Clear Lake in the Barlow Ranger District.  The fire is expected to continue to creep with isolated tree torching.  Over the next 24 hours fire growth is expected to be minimal.  Crews will continue mop up along containment lines and begin to open closed roads as needed for contingency line.  Trails, campgrounds, active timber sales, and the White River Watershed are in the area of the Rim Fire. The U.S. Postal Service is advising that any residents of the Cascade Locks area who have been forced to evacuate their homes because of the Eagle Creek Fire may pick up their mail at the Stevenson Post Office on 90 SW Russell Avenue, which is open from 8:30 to 5 p.m. weekdays. and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.  Customers are asked to present photo identification to obtain their mail. A full area closure is in effect for the Hood River Ranger District West of Highway 35 and North of the Mt. Hood Wilderness.  The expanded closure is a result of extreme fire danger and to provide for firefighter safety during fire operations for the Eagle Creek Fire.  All roads, trails and National Forest System lands within this area are closed. The Gifford Pinchot National Forest is prohibiting fire use and smoking throughout the forest. Restrictions will remain in effect until there is significant moisture to lower the fire danger. All campfires and target shooting are now prohibited across the Mount Hood National Forest.  The forest also issued a more stringent Industrial Fire Precaution Level that governs industrial uses on the forest. All spark emitting machinery use such as chainsaws, tractors, skidders, or mechanized loaders are now prohibited.