Containment grows on Bridge 99 Fire

The Bridge 99 Complex Fire is 31 percent contained at 5,915 acres as of this evening. Heavy thunderstorms have been moving across the region and initial attack units have responded to 40-plus reports of fire starts, with many fires already lined and contained. Early fire reports were primarily located in the same area of the Ochoco National Forest and Prineville BLM that was hard hit during the last lightning storm. Many of the new starts are close to where the Ochoco Complex and Center fires are already burning. Lightning hit the Sisters Country shortly after 7 p.m.