Black Crater Fire Update II

By this Friday afternoon the Black Crater Fire has grown to 2,700 acres. It is still 0% contained. Fifteen hundred people have been evacuated from 300 homes in Sisters, Oregon.

From the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center:

Black Crater Fire
Updated: Friday, 28 July 2006 at 2:35 pm

Status Active
Lead Agency USFS
Location Three Sisters Wilderness-7 mi SW of Sisters
Latitude 44° 15′ 19″ (44.2553) Longitude 121° 44′ 40″ (-121.7444)
Fire Start Date 2006-07-23
Acres 2684.00
Square Miles 4.19
Percent Contained 0
Threatened Structures 300
Expected Containment unknown
Cause Lightning

Status An evacuation notice remains in place for the Crossroads and Edington subdivision and a preevacuation notice being issued for the Tollgate subdivision.

For some additional edification, please see the comments emailed to SOSF under the previous Black Crater Fire update here.

A periodically updated Black Crater Fire map may be found at the Northwest Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team.