The 2,000-acre Akawana Fire reported June 7 is burning 13 miles north of the town of Sisters in the Oregon Dept. of Forestry's Central Oregon District on private lands. ODF has dispatched an incident management team to the fire. It will take over command of the firefighting operation from local ODF forces Thursday morning, with the incident command post to be located at the ODF office in Sisters. The fire is burning in heavy brush and beetle-killed ponderosa pine fuels.
Additional Washington County firefighters from Hillsboro Fire Department, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue and Cornelius Fire will participate in this task force. Learn more at http://nwccinfo.blogspot.com/ .