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As firefighters slowly get the upper hand and weather improves somewhat in northern
California, two Oregon Strike Teams (Marion County and Jackson Josephine counties) are being demobilized today and will head back to their home stations over the next 24 hours.
More Oregon Strike Team demobilizations are in the planning stages if conditions continue to stabilize.
ALTURAS, Calif. – Despite the distraction of hundreds of wildfires this season, the Modoc National Forest was able to accomplish some much-needed infrastructure repair, maintenance and improvement.
On Pencil Road, new drainage features were installed, existing features were cleaned and maintained and the road was resurfaced from the Modoc Estates boundary to the top of Swanson Canyon. This route serves as a community fire escape and supplements the Modoc Fire Safe Council’s Swanson Canyon Fuels Reduction and Riparian Enhancement Project.
Read MoreMEDFORD, Ore. -- Four Oregon Department of Forestry fire engines and their two-person crews arrived in Northern California yesterday to help with wildfires that have been ravaging parts of that state. ODF's Southwest and Klamath-Lake districts bordering California sent the crews as part of a long-standing mutual fire aid agreement between U.S. states. Two of the engines came from Grants Pass, one from Klamath Falls and one from Medford. A ninth ODF employee also went from Medford in a support role. Because of more than a dozen wind-driven wildfires, California's governor has declared a fire emergency in three counties - Napa, Sonoma and Yuba. These fast-moving fires have caused fatalities, burned down homes and businesses, caused hurried evacuations and fully engaged local and state firefighting resources. The ODF teams will be put to use where the Northern California incident command deems they are needed most.
