Firefighters were responding to the Jasper Creek Fire that was burning on Weyerhaeuser timberland Tuesday, Aug. 25, about 10 miles south of Cottage Grove near the border between Lane and Douglas counties.
The size of the blaze was estimated at about an acre, said Tim Hoffman, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Forestry, which fights wildfire on private timberlands.
Hoffman said at about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday that it “seems like they have it contained,” noting that things can change quickly…