7/23/23 evening update: The Bedrock Fire continues to be active in the Fall Creek area on the Middle Fork District. An updated acreage will be available tomorrow. The fire burned actively today and firefighters from the Oregon Department of Forestry and US Forest Service continued to engage in full suppression efforts and point protection on buildings on private land.
Resources continued to arrive throughout the day and more will be on the scene tomorrow. While there are no evacuation notices in effect at this time, the public is asked to avoid Big Fall Creek Rd. to allow emergency personnel necessary access for suppression.
Several campgrounds along Big Fall Creek Rd. are closed due to fire activity. This includes all campgrounds along Fall Creek Road, and surrounding roads. Smoke may be visible from Highway 58, the towns of Lowell, Jasper, and the McKenzie River corridor.
Really hoping this one doesn’t get majorly out of hand, but I’m not hopeful. My friend in the ODF sent it to our friend group and said to get prepared for intermittent smoke to leak into the valley because of it. We don’t have the inversion/weird winds from when Holiday Farm burned near the same area, but smoke gets into the valley and just sits on us, which sucks and might happen here since it’s so close.