Fire Information as of 1:45 p.m. June 16

The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office reduced or dropped a number of Rowena Fire evacuation levels Monday afternoon:

LEVEL 2 BE SET Evacuation
**NEW DOWNGRADE** Evacuation from Rowena Ferry Rd in the east, west to Highway 30, south to intersection of Mountain View Rd. and Seven Mile Hill Rd., southeast the area north of Chenowith Creek Rd and Browns Creek Rd., northeast to the area north of Murray’s Addition and Foley Lakes.
– Rowena River Rd, north to the Columbia
– Basalt St, Simonelli Rd., Morris Ln, Adeline Way, and Hwy 30 west to Tooley Lake.
LEVEL 1 BE SET Evacuation
– **NEW DOWNGRADE** The Dalles Country Club
– From The Dalles Country Club, east to I-84, south to River Rd., west to W. 7th St., south to Chenoweth Loop Rd., and west to 10th St.
– Highway 30 west to Dell Rd. and State Rd., south to Seven Mile Hill Rd. east to Mountain View Dr.
– Snipes, west to Chenoweth Loop Rd., Chenowith Creek Rd, to Browns Creek Rd.
All previous Level 1 Evacuations have been dropped.
 
Complete evacuation level information is available through the Wasco County Facebook page. 

Containment of the 3,563 acre Rowena Fire continues to be listed at 24% today.  Adam Sinkey of Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team 2 says in the area of Rowena proper, work continues to make the area safe.  At the eastern edge of the fire, infrared cameras identified hot spots on Sunday night that will be extinguished by crews today.  And in the west, tactical firing was done on Sunday to create good blackened trail along fire lines in that area. 

The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office along with Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue and Wasco County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Management completed a comprehensive assessment of the fire-affected area that identified a total of 56 residential structures and 91 additional structures—including sheds, barns, and shops— being confirmed lost in this devastating incident. The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office says they have no confirmed lost lives as a result of the fire.

OSFM resources have begun a gradual demobilization as containment and mitigation work continues around affected residences. Unified Command with the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Incident Management Team ceased this morning, leaving the ODF fire team in sole control of the incident.

 

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