East Evans Creek Fire remains within control lines despite heat and winds; containment increases to 33% SAMS VALLEY, Ore. – Firefighters continue strengthening control lines across the East Evans Creek Fire while maintaining steady focus on mop-up into the interior of...

Mop-up operations continue on the East Evans Creek Fire, resources shifting due to progress across incident Firefighting resources assigned to the East Evans Creek Fire continued mop-up operations across the incident overnight, extinguishing hotspots and adding to...

Steady Progress Leads to Increased Containment and Reduced Evacuations SAMS VALLEY, Ore. – Firefighters on the East Evans Creek Fire increased containment to 26% today. Continued progress on the fire has allowed evacuation levels to be reduced in portions of Jackson...

Containment increases to 17% on the East Evans Creek Fire, mop-up continues   SAMS VALLEY, Ore. – Overnight, firefighters on the East Evans Creek Fire took advantage of cooler, more stable conditions to strengthen containment features, expand mop-up, and reinforce...

East Evans Creek Firefighters catch new spot fires and breaches of control line, continue to make progress despite hot, windy conditions  SAMS VALLEY, Ore. – Firefighters working on the East Evans Creek Fire continued to make progress across the incident on Monday,...

Firefighters complete line around active portion of Board Mountain spot fire, progress continues today SAMS VALLEY, Ore. – Overnight, firefighters on the East Evans Creek Fire continued to make steady progress across the incident. Crews pushed mop-up operations deeper...

SAMS VALLEY, Ore. – Firefighters continued making steady progress across the East Evans Creek Fire today, ahead of another afternoon of critical fire weather. The strategic relocation of helicopters to an alternate base outside the morning inversion proved successful,...

Winds and Dry Conditions Continue to Challenge Containment on East Evans Creek Fire There is a community meeting planned for Sunday, July 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. to provide a brief operational update on the fire: In Person: Shady Cove School Gym, 100 Cleveland St,...