Information from the Columbia Gorge Wildland & Fire Information Page
NEW FIRE: KNIGHT ROAD near Goldendale,
July 13, 2023 3:15 pm
ESTIMATED SIZE: 100 acres per dispatch
Wildfire EVACS BELOW
Klickitat Co., Knight Road
UPDATES:
FROM EM: **Update**
There is a shelter set up at the Methodist Church and animals can go to fairgrounds.
7:10 pm Power re-energizing to some areas. This is good news. Also, fire appears knocked down, possibly in Mop UP
7:05 PM Fire bosses last drop, will continue with the trucks.
Looks like most of the focus now is the east flank According to the scanner. Some spot fires have been contained.
Some northern areas they’re pulling manpower from because the air support has it managed.
This all looks like good stuff.
7 PM Looking a lot better on the east side but still have some work to do.
Working on the far east flank toward the road to make sure no spot fires happen and staying out of the way of air control.
(from radio)
~ 5:30 FROM KLICKITAT COUNTY 911 DISPATCH
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DUE to current wildfire Northwest of Goldendale:
Level 3 Evacuation ‘ Go Now’
Everything colored within the Orange lines.
Level 3 (GO) means danger is currently affecting your area or is imminent and you should leave immediately. During this level, Klickitat County Emergency Management may send an Emergency Notification System (ENS) to all landline telephones and residents who have registered with the ENS in the affected area. Emergency personnel may contact residents through door-to-door notifications. also from comments about 5:35: They have the heat off of it, have some working at the south edge pass red cedar and are going to gather at the corner of knight and pine to discuss what groups need to hit what areas.
4:30 ish… from nearby resident with scanner: Still burning briskly, moving (from??) WNW. Wins is gusting to 18 mph but forecast to decrease.
2 helicopters dumping H2O.
We hear spot fires breaking out but they do not sound freaked out.
Not contained yet.
We see sporadic big plumes of black smoke.
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4:25 Water on the north side now, another tender just showed up. Getting rotors to come help on North side
Fire is getting extinguished west ponderosa to Juniper, Have a good wet line around it.
4:15 pm 20×20 spot fire in Ponderosa Park
4 pm Working on getting the other roters out and hopefully get the north and south side contained as well. Sounds like they are getting a containment line closer…
3:55 pm Fire in trees heading toward Ponderosa.
3 Helicopters working the fire, a USFS spotter plane, and a tanker.
Ponderosa called by Sheriff to Level 3. Pine forest road closed from golf course to knight rd level 3 evacs for the area
EVACUATIONS: Level 3 to Hanging Rock.May go to Level 2 East of Hanging Rock. Much of Ponderosa is being evacuated
Opening up the Fairgrounds for people with animals.Doesnt sound good for anyone North and East of Pine Forest.
THERE IS AIR ATTACK IN PROCESS
3:20 PM. Fire off of knight road outside goldendale, rural 7 responding
fire is moving east through grass and brush..
Fire has reached the trees
Level 3 evacuations issues for pine forest road
Waiting for additional information
From up on Rimrock “seeing a fire accross the valley other side of 97 towards Adams going fast in this wind”