Rattlesnake Fire At 4,700 Acres

The Rattlesnake Fire is now estimated at 4,700 acres with no containment burning on Prineville District Bureau of Land Management lands in the area of South Junction campground and the Warm Springs Reservation.  A unified command involving the Central Oregon Fire Management Service and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Fire Management is directing efforts.  Four large air tankers, two Single Engine Air Tankers, and a heavy helicopter are responding to the blaze in addition to the Central Oregon Rappellers and Redmond Hotshots.  Trout Creek Campground on the Deschutes River is currently under a Level 2 (SET) evacuation order from Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.  The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office put a Level 2 Get Ready evacuation order for residences near the junction of Highways 97 and 197.

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