Williams Mine Fire now 19% contained

Trout Lake, ORE. – Updated at 5:15 p.m.: The Williams Mine Fire is now 19% contained.

Updated at 9:15 a.m.: The Williams Mine Fire is now 11,755 acres and 13% contained.

The Williams Mine Fire started on Monday, August 5th on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the Mt. Adams Wilderness southeast of Williams Mine. The cause of the fire is due to lightning. Below is a list of up to date information, as of Wednesday, August 21st at 9:15 a.m.

Acres: 11,755

Containment: 13%

Evacuations: There are evacuations in place with this fire, but technically just out of the viewing area of Apple Valley News Now. For updates and evacuation information:

-Klickitat County Emergency Management: https://www.klickitatcounty.org/249/Emergency-Management...

-Facebook: Klickitat County 911 Dispatch / Emergency Management

-Skamania County Emergency Management: https://www.skamaniacounty.org/.../emergenc.../-fsiteid-1...

-Facebook: Skamania County Emergency Management

Closures:

-Washington DNR managed lands near Trout Lake and Glenwood will be closed to entry due to the Williams Mine fire. For more information, please see http://www.dnr.wa.gov/ahtanum .

-The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Tract D Recreation Area is closed, please see Yakama Tract D Road Closure for more information.

-The FS-23 and FS-25 roads are closed, see the Williams Mine Area and Road Closure for more details.

-The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is closed from the PCT's intersection with FS 23 to Potato Hill. The current Forest closure spans the entire Mt. Adams Wilderness.

Firefighting Effort: Strategic mop-up operations from hand and dozer line will continue until the perimeter is secure.  The structure/contingency group is utilizing masticators to protect the Glacier Springs-water system.

Fire managers took advantage of favorable weather and implemented tactical firing operations from a prepared dozer line in the Buck Creek drainage. These firing operations burned compact litter with heavy down and dead fuels to create containment lines from isolated fire perimeter to a defined control feature meeting incident objectives.  A straight line of black (fire edge) limits the probability of reignition which provides firefighters the needed depth to establish containment and begin mop-up. Incident officials expect the containment percentage to continue climbing at a steady rate over the coming week as firefighters continue perimeter security along the fire edge.

Firefighting Resources: There are 689 total personnel working this fire, including 15 hand crews, 20 engines, and 20 dozers.

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