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Cache Mountain fire contained

The Cache Mountain fire is now 100 percent contained.

However, fire crews facing low humidity and windy conditions are working hard to mop up to make sure the fire does not flare up in unburned fuel within the fire perimeter.

That's just what happened on the Geneva 2 fire north of Sisters on Thursday, August 1. That fire had been contained for a week. Wind gusts drove a flare-up across containment lines near Squaw Flat Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters responded with five air tankers, seven engines, two bulldozers and several hand crews to get a handle on the blaze, which was estimated at about 30 acres in size on Friday morning, August 2.

"They painted it pretty good with retardant all around it and it seems to be slowing down," said Fire Information Officer Gordon Gay.

"We've got to really watch it," he said. "We don't want it to get into that grass and get running."

No structures or homes are threatened.

The Incident Management Team from the Cache Mountain fire has taken over management of the Geneva 2 flare-up.

Fire crews put in a hard day Thursday, cutting snags, dropping water from helicopters on hot spots and mopping up within the Cache Mountain fire perimeter. Mop up operations are expected to continue for several weeks.

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