July 26, 2002 @ 7:30 a.m.

Date of Start: 07/12/2002 Cause: Lightning

Size: 80,308 acres (Silver 23,708; Toolbox 56,600 (includes Winter Fire Portion of Toolbox Complex); 1,600 acres for the Lava Fire, which is also now part of the complex Containment: 45 percent

Resources: 8 helicopters, 93 engines, 40 dozers, and 32 water tenders

Personnel: 1,476 Cooperating Agencies: Bureau of Land Management, USDA Forest Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, local fire departments and law enforcement agencies, and private contractors.

Cost: $6.6 million

Road Closures: Highway 31 is open to traffic.

Favorable weather conditions and wind provided a window of opportunity for crews to make headway on building line to contain the fires in the Toolbox Complex yesterday. Winds were mostly from the north, allowing firefighters to successfully burn out fuels that would potentially threaten the line on the northeast corner of the Complex. This was the same area where a Region 6 contract crew deployed their fire shelters Wednesday. An investigative team from the region will arrive today. Crews on other areas of the fire made good progress on completing and reinforcing line.

There was little movement on the Lava Fire today, which is being monitored. That fire is located about 14 miles north of Christmas Valley, and is burning in a remote lava field.