Disasters & Accidents

Red Flag Warning Issued For Jack Fire

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published July 29, 2021 at 2:43 PM PDT

The Jack Fire east of Roseburg is 61% contained, but officials have declared a red flag warning due to extreme temperatures and low humidity.

At a briefing today, Operations Sections Chief Steve North said the red flag is also due to a 30% chance of dry thunderstorms over the fire.

Operations Sections Chief Steve North at today's briefing.

“We’re hoping the weather will cooperate, allow us to take offensive firing operations to secure this fire," said North. "And we’ll pick up any additional lightning strikes as they occur.”

The Jack Fire has grown to more than 22,000 acres, with 522 personnel battling it. Parts of the Umpqua National Forest remain closed.

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Brian Bull

Brian Bull is a contributing freelance reporter with the KLCC News department, who first began working with the station in 2016. He's a senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and was recently a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his nearly 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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