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ODF responds to six Wednesday fires in southwest district By Ryan Pfeil Updated: Apr 29, 2021 07:30 AM A A Oregon Department of Forestry crews work on a fire on Cady Road in the Applegate Wednesday. The fire was one of six the agency responded to. Four fires were in Jackson County, two in Josephine County The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Southwest District kept busy Wednesday, with engines rolling out to six fires in Jackson and Josephine counties over the course of less than seven hours. As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, most of the fires had been fully lined, with mop-up work either completed or in process, according to ODF public information officer Natalie Weber. The largest of the sextet grew to two acres, but none of the other five exceeded 1/4 acre. Additional crews from the Applegate Valley Fire District, Jacksonville Fire Department, Jackson County Fire District 3, Prospect Rural Fire Protection and Butte Falls Volunteer Fire & Rescue joined ODF on the various blazes throughout the day. The first fire was the smallest, located near the 2400 block of Little Applegate Road, outside Ruch. Crews responded to the blaze just before 10 a.m. and contained it at 1/100 acre. The second and third fires popped up in Josephine County. Crews responded to the second blaze, in the 100 block of Scott Drive, outside Murphy, at 12:30 p.m. The third fire, in the 2600 block of Fish Hatchery Road, was reported just before 3 p.m. Crews contained both at about 1/10 acre. Firefighters responded to the fourth and largest fire of the bunch, a 2-acre blaze in the 1700 block of Cady Road, southwest of Jacksonville, at 2:51 p.m., according to 911 dispatch records. Jackson County crews pounced on the fifth fire at 3:20 p.m., in the 1000 block of Red Blanket Road, northeast of Prospect. The fire grew to 1/10 acre by the time crews contained it. Crews flocked to the final fire, in the 2100 block of Crowfoot Road, east of Shady Cove, at 4:30 p.m. They contained it at 1/4 acre. Fire causes were not immediately available Thursday morning. This story will be updated. Reach Mail Tribune web editor Ryan Pfeil at 541-776-4468 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @ryanpfeil.