Fire season starts

Fire season got off to an early start in the Sisters Country, with a lightning-sparked blaze 12 miles northeast of Sisters on the Crooked River National Grassland.

The Geneva 6 fire was reported at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 29.

No structures were threatened by the blaze, which grew to 102 acres before fire crews were able to get line built around it.

Crews held the line through the hot weekend and full containment was declared at 5:30 p.m. Sunday evening.

Approximately 160 firefighters and support personnel from the U.S. Forest Service, Prineville Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Forestry and contract crews were assigned to the fire.

Thunderstorm activity is expected through the week.