Fire in Bull Run Watershed

[Webfoot]

Not exactly hiking news but soon could be. There is a fire burning in the Bull Run Watershed.

[Webfoot]

Smoke plume looks significant in the latest 2:50PM satellite image.

[Webfoot]

Smoke (and cloud?) as seen from Troutdale.

[Limey]

Tonight they said it has grown to 900 acres. Not Good.

[RobFromRedland]

Inciweb page: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-infor ... creek-fire

It shows updated as of yesterday but still shows 225 acres. The comments yesterday said there would be an overnight IR flight that would give a more accurate size. Probably get updated today sometime.

[Pick-a-Pika]

The fire is making for intense smoke on the north side of Mt. Hood. No hiking under those conditions! In the Upper Hood River Valley where I live, air quality has ranged from unhealthful for everyone to dangerous/top of scale in the last 24 hours. The orchard across the street isn't visible right now.

[Limey]

As an upper valley resident also, I can concur, it is nasty today. Visibility sucks.

[ricktick]

The fire is still raging. good, that the firefighters are making progress

[Webfoot]

I thought the wet weather was helping but the wind changed and brought a lot of smoke to Troutdale this morning, so I guess it's still pretty bad.

[Webfoot]

Latest perimeter map.