𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝟖𝟗 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄, 𝐈-𝟓. 𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐀, 𝐎𝐑𝐄:

Douglas Forest Protection Association

On Monday, September 5, 2022, at approximately 2:00 pm, crews from the Douglas Forest Protective Association (DFPA), Azalea Rural Fire Protection District, and Canyonville-South Umpqua Fire District responded to a grass fire located in the median of Interstate 5 (I-5) near Milepost 89 in Azalea, OR. 

Upon DFPA’s arrival at the scene, rural responders had the majority of the fire knocked down. DFPA continued with suppression. The fire was trailed, mopped up, and cleared by 3:30 pm. The final GPS mapped size of the fire is 1 acre. The cause of the fire is human-caused and under investigation.

𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼-5. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑟, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡. 𝐷𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑙𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦’𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒. 

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.

 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐝𝐟𝐩𝐚.𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

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