High desert fire burns east of Sisters

A fire of undetermined origins burned on Bureau of Land management land off Fryrear Road east of Sisters on Tuesday, July 24.

According to Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch, the fire was reported at 4:08 p.m. and had burned about three acres by early evening. No structures were immediately threatened by the blaze.

Helicopter drops water on Fryrear fire.

Fire burns one mile east of Frerear Road east of Sisters.

Firefighters hit the flames from the air with one strike from a large air tanker and smaller sorties by helicopters and small airplanes.

Units from Bend and Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection Districts responded, along with engines from BLM and the Oregon Department of Forestry.

There was no information on cause or time of containment at press time.

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