Juniper Fire Now 80% Contained

With improvements made in fireline and a reduction in fire behavior, evacuation levels for the Juniper Fire in the Pine Creek Drainage south of Bickleton in Klickitat County have been downgraded.  Klickitat County Emergency Management dropped evacuation levels from Level 3 to Level 1.  The Southeast Washington Type 3 Interagency Team now handling firefighting efforts indicated Monday night the fire is 80 percent contained, and the fire has burned 253 acres, noting there are still hotspots in the fire interior.  Crews completed lining the perimeter of the fire, and continued mopping up the interior.  A demobilization process is underway, and there will be two hand crews and one strike team monitoring the area while that takes place.

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