Lightning on Sunday evening ignited a number of new fires on the east slopes of the cascades including one on Dirtyface. The fire is mid mountain on the south west corner. There is a barren rock above but trees to the east. A rappel crew was dropped in and a helicopter has been dropping buckets of water.
The Sugarloaf fire appears to be growing mostly on the east / south east flanks away from Plain, It was 11,000 acres as of Sunday eve and will likely be with us for quite some time.
For most recent updates on either of the fires see Watch Duty website links for our two fire are here:
Watch Duty Sugarloaf Fire Watch Duty Dirtyface Fire