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The wildfire burning 12 miles southwest of Marion is 121.5 acres. 50 personnel are on site working on containment. No structures are threatened. Despite winds, firefighters are cautiously optimistic, because there is a dozer line around perimeter of fire zone. Crews expect to work the fire a few more days. Cooler temps and higher humidity are forecasted for this weekend,...

The Hubbart Dam Fire, a ten acre fire south of Marion about 1 mile east of Hubbard Reservoir, began burning in grass, brush and timber yesterday (October 6, 2020). Marion Fire is assisting DNRC. You may have seen helicopters also assisting in fire suppression efforts yesterday and today. If you're curious about nearby fires, check out DNRC's Interactive Wildland Fire...

Although today marks the start of an open burning season, we ask that you resist the urge to light up your slash piles and piles of yard and garden debris until we get more rain.

Marion FD sent a crew and an engine (1132) to assist firefighting efforts in Northern California on the August Complex fires near Covelo.

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The fire is dead. All hose and personnel were pulled.

UPDATE #4 on Valley Creek Fire. Size remains at 104 acres, but is 90% contained. The fire is producing very little smoke. The smoke in our area is from a 375-acre fire near Libby, two fires in Canada, and is projected to thicken with additional smoke from Oregon and California.

UPDATE #3 on Valley Creek Fire. Progress made yesterday — Fire is now at 104 acres and 70% contained.

UPDATE #2 on Valley Creek Fire. The fire is approximately 60% contained. According to Chief Mast, firefighters got hose laid all the way around it before noon today. That’s really working to knock down the heat. Updated size is 102.8 acres.

UPDATE on Valley Creek Fire. Chief Mast said, “We got dozer line in all around the fire and hose lays around all of it except about 1/2 mile. Really did good work [yesterday].”