PORT ANGELES — Two Clallam County Fire District No. 2 firefighters sent Sept. 9 to the Jolly Mountain Fire near Cle Elum have returned, according to a release from the district.
Firefighter/paramedic Ian Brueckner and firefighter/emergency medical technician Sean Charon took over operating the department’s wildland engine and working with other crews in fire suppression efforts on Sept. 10, Deputy Chief Jake Patterson said. They returned Saturday.
Brueckner and Charon had relieved firefighters Tyler Reid and Jessica Adams.
Their duties included building and improving fire containment lines, protecting structures and mopping up any hot spots near the fire line, Patterson said.
Fire Chief Sam Phillips returned to the Fire District on Monday after more than two weeks of deployment on the Jolly Mountain Fire, according to the release.
The fire, ignited Aug. 11 by lightning, had spread to 36,808 acres and was 40 percent contained by Monday.
Also deployed from the North Olympic Peninsula as part of the state fire mobilization plan were three firefighters from Clallam County Fire District No. 3.
Assistant Chief Dan Orr said Sunday that their deployments were all extended to 21 days.
Capt. Brian Swanberg and firefighter/paramedic Joel Bower are deployed at the Chetco Bar Fire in southwest Oregon, the largest wildfire in the state, which as of Monday had burned 189,787 acres in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness since it was started by lightning July 12. It was 53 percent contained.
Swanberg has been deployed since Sept. 4 and Bower has been deployed since Sept. 6.
Capt. Darrell Sharp has been deployed to the Uno Peak Fire, burning in the steep slopes of the east shore of Lake Chelan, since Aug. 30.
As of Monday, the fire burning 15 miles northwest of Manson had charred 8,726 acres and was 20 percent contained.
