Road alternates between Agness and Grants Pass, Oregon
Please DO NOT interfere with firefighter vehicle traffic up there because you wanto “go get a look at the helicopters” or something … interfering with firefighting operations, whether you’re flying a drone or driving a pickup, will land you in jail, and some sheriffs are touchier about this than others. There’s a reason (or 4) that GoogleMaps will show you this “preferred route” and the “short route” between Grants Pass and Gold Beach it’s really skatey even in the summertime, and LOTS of people get lost or stranded on Bear Camp Road. On Monday, crews were building fireline to prevent further spread. Nearly 400 firefighters were working the fire, which threatens about 40 structures in and around the small community of Agness. Jefferson Public Radio reported the fire grew more than 8,000 acres in under three days. The 84-mile Congressionally-designated “National Wild and Scenic” portion of the Rogue begins 7 miles west of Grants Pass and ends 11 miles before its mouth at Gold Beach. The Rogue River flows 215 miles from Crater Lake to the Pacific Ocean. The fire is burning just a couple miles from Agness, near the confluence of the Rogue River and the Illinois River.
Weather conditions over the last couple days contributed to the quick spread, and an IMT took over from local agencies yesterday.
Oregon Public Broadcasting ( OPB) reported that the Flat Fire is growing fast on the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest, between Gold Beach on Oregon’s south coast and Grants Pass on I-5. The fire quickly grew to more than 8,000 acres despite USFS initial attack efforts. A new fire that ignited over the weekend in southwest Oregon is threatening the community of Agness, Oregon, on the Rogue River west of Grants Pass.
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