Emerson Fire Containment At 60 Percent

Containment on the Emerson Fire about five miles northeast of Madras has moved up to 60 percent.  Firefighters continued constructing and improving containment lines on the fire burning on private land and the U.S. Forest Service managed Crooked River National Grassland.  The size estimate has been revised downward to be 10,527 acres.  Six homes and seventeen other minor structures have been threatened by the fire.  A Type 3 incident management team comprised of Prineville Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service firefighters has command of the fire and will continue working with Jefferson County Rural Fire District to manage the blaze.  The fire was determined to be human caused.

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