Camp Tamarack evacuated

Camp Tamarack was evacuated on Thursday afternoon, July 25, as the Cache Mountain fire approached within a mile to a mile-and-a-half of the recreational facility.

According to Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch, the evacuation was a precautionary measure, since the camp houses animals, including horses, that should be moved out of a fire area in as calm and deliberate a manner as possible.

There were no children at the camp; evacuees were staff members. The recreational facility is not imminently threatened, according to dispatchers.

The Cache Mountain fire some 18 miles west of Sisters had burned 634 acres by Thursday.

Lightning strikes late Tuesday afternoon, July 23, touched off the blaze, which quickly sent a column of smoke into the air as local residents watched the flames creep down the eastern slope of the ridge.

According to Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch in Prineville, the fire was about 2.5 miles south of Suttle Lake and seven miles west of Black Butte Ranch. It was 30 percent contained on Thursday.

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