Firefighters pulled out of Estacada- fire too dangerous to fight

Firefighter working a blaze near Estacada. Courtesy City of Estacada Facebook page

The following information was released by the City of Estacada on their Facebook page:

Posted 16 hours ago:

To be clear, your firefighters are still working hard on the wildfires in Clackamas County. They are still in all the areas impacted by the fires and are taking what is called a “Tactical Pause.” The tactical pause allows our firefighters to reposition into a safe location to get accountability of the firefighters working in the area and evaluate the changing weather and extreme fire conditions. We have not abandoned you and are working hard to keep the community safe.

Posted on Thursday Afternoon

City officials were just advised by the County Emergency Operations Center that the fire has become too difficult to control and therefore too dangerous to fight right now. They have pulled all firefighters off the fire-lines and out of Estacada. If you have not evacuated, you must do so now. At this point there will be no firefighters protecting the City.

Please evacuate and stay tuned for alerts that may be sent out, but DO NOT WAIT for a call or knock at the door. Go now.
UPDATE: 3:25pm: According to the live press conference taking place now, the State Fire Marshall's office is saying that firefighters will reengage as soon as it is safe to do so.