August 1, 2002 @ 8:00 a.m.

Date of Start: 7/12/02 Cause: Lightning

Size: 86,794 acres (Silver 24,250; Toolbox 62,544 (includes Winter Fire Portion of Toolbox Complex); and 1,350 for Lava Fire

Containment: 75 percent

Estimated Full Containment: 8/7/02

Resources: 7 helicopters, 126 engines, 43 dozers, and 40 water tenders

Personnel: 1,768

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: $13.4 million

Road Closures: Remain in effect within fire area. Road 28 will reopen today, but vehicles are restricted to the paved road. Highway 31 is opened.

Areas of unburned fuel continue to burn in the interior of both fires. Yesterday there was a lot of smoke from a section south of Dead Indian Mountain. There were only a few smokes in the Silver Fire. The Lava Fire is being monitored daily, and yesterday showed only a couple of small smokes.

The Great Basin Incident Management Team under Incident Commander Paul Hefner will transition with California Incident Management Team 4 today. This team will be managing the Toolbox Complex and the Winter Fire. The Incident Command Post for the complex, which will include the Winter Fire, will be at the North Lake School, but a smaller camp will remain at the school in Paisley. Information on the fires will be available at (541) 567-2654. The Winter Fire information center will close tomorrow.

This will be the last daily update. Additional updates will be provided as conditions change.