Vee Lake Fire caused by lighting - Aug. 21

 

LAKEVIEW, Ore. – Holdover lightning is the cause of the 41-acre Vee Lake Fire, which is expected to be fully controlled today.

 

The term “holdover” refers to a lightning strike that smoldered for several days, or even weeks, before manifesting as a wildfire. In this case, the fire was reported last Friday.

 

A South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP) engine and hand crew are mopping up the remnants of the fire and extinguishing residual hot spots today.

 

Vee Lake is a popular recreation area in the North Warner Mountains on the Fremont-Winema National Forest. 

 

Fire conditions remain extreme in Lake and Klamath counties. Cooler weather is expected to bring wind and thunderstorms into the region Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by a warming trend bringing back above average temperatures starting Thursday.

 

Visitors to public lands are asked to be alert for smoke and abide by all fire use restrictions. Those restrictions include no campfires outside designated campgrounds; no driving over flammable material, such as dry grass or weeds; no chainsaw use; and no smoking outside enclosed vehicles. For more details, visit www.scofmp.org

South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership is an interagency fire management program that provides comprehensive wildland fire service to south central Oregon and northwest Nevada. The partnership strives to achieve a more efficient, effective and integrated interagency fire management program for all participating agencies on the land administered and protected by each agency.

Participating agencies include: Fremont-Winema National Forest, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District, Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, Klamath Basin National Refuge, Crater Lake National Park and state lands protected by the Klamath-Lake District of the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF).

For more information, contact Fire Information Officer Larisa Bogardus at 541-219-6863 or lbogardus@blm.gov Daily wildfire/prescribed fire information, maps, social media links can be found SCOFMP Blog: http://bit.ly/2sK5YHY