Within the Burdoin Fire footprint, crews are focusing on patrolling and extinguishing hotspots around homes to a depth of 100 feet. Fire resources are also building direct lines to preserve an unburned island along Lyle Snowden Road and protecting unburned grazing land on the east end of the fire. Work is also continuing in the Catherine, Major and Silvas creek drainages to secure the northern perimeter.

Many factors affect determining when an area is secure. Crews can spot visible smoke and extinguish those hot spots, but falling pine needles and leaf litter landing on hot ash can smolder without generating smoke for a long time, then flare up when the wind is right. Persistent gridding and hot spotting will continue around the perimeter will continue.

Resources are using an unmanned aerial system equipped with infrared capabilities to identify these unseen hot spots and extinguish them thoroughly. Properly extinguishing a hot spot is like drowning out a campfire – applying water, stirring, and applying water again until it is dead out and cold to the touch.

Fireline along Hwy. 14 corridor is secured, but many falling rock, debris and tree hazards remain. Washington State Department of Transportation and Klickitat County officials are working to mitigate these hazards.

On the Snyder Canyon Fire, hotshot crews are working with aviation support to secure fireline around the southeast corner of the fire.

WEATHER: Temperatures could stay below 80 today, but are predicted to rise into the 90s by Monday.

EVACUATIONS and CLOSURES: Level 3 and Level 2 evacuation levels have been updated for the Burdoin Fire. Evacuation levels for the Snyder Canyon Fire have not changed. For the most current information, visit Klickitat County Emergency Management’s website at www.klickitatcounty.org/249/Emergency-Management or Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KlickitatDEM911.

Highway 142 is now open to through traffic. Please watch for emergency personnel working in the area. Highway 14 remains closed from mile marker 66 east of Bingen to Highway 142. Other closures include Canyon Road and Centerville Highway from Highway 14 to Schilling Road. An interactive map with Burdoin evacuation and road closure information is posted at https://caltopo.com/m/0NL3FK3. For Snyder Canyon information, go to https://sartopo.com/m/0R420N0.

Catherine Creek Recreation Area, Coyote Wall Trailhead, Balfour-Klickitat, Lyle Trailhead, Klickitat Milepost 1, and Klickitat Wild and Scenic River in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area are closed to the public. For a map and complete text of the USFS closure, go to https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/columbiarivergorge/alerts/forest-order-06-22-01-25-03-burdoin-fire.

Red Cross staff can assist affected residents and property owners with accessing recovery resources. Emergency shelters are located at Grace Baptist Church, 1280 W. Jewett Blvd, in White Salmon, WA, and The Dalles Middle School, 1100 E. 12th St., The Dalles, OR. Anyone trying to locate a loved one should call 1-800-REDCROSS (733-2767)

SMOKE: Air quality is good in most areas around the fires. For sensitive groups, consider closing windows and doors and consider indoor activities. For real-time air quality information, visit www.airnow.gov/wildfires/.