HERMISTON — According to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office, all Level 3 evacuations related to the wildfire that began Sunday, Sept. 3, have been downgraded and no road closures are in effect.

On Monday at approximately 11:30 a.m. the UCSO downgraded all previous Level 3 evacuations — leave immediately — to Level 2. This included north of Bensel and Progress Road across Highway 730 to the Columbia River and east of Bud Draper Road to and including Salmon Point, as well as Bowden Lane between Sagebrush and Bensel Road including Alpine Drive.

Other Level 2 evacuations — be set to evacuate at a moment’s notice — are the Hat Rock community and Yacht Club, the McNary area north of Hwy 730 to the river between Williamette Avenue and Bud Draper Road.

The only current Level 1 evacuation — be ready — is the McNary area north of Hwy 730 (Sixth Street) to the river between Devore Road and Williamette Avenue.

Around 8 a.m. Monday the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Green Incident Management Team assumed unified command of the scene.

According to the OSFM, at approximately 9:30 p.m. Sunday it mobilized structural firefighting resources to the Bensel fire after Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act.

With the declared conflagration, OSFM mobilized structural firefighters, equipment and the Green Incident Management Team, the OSFM stated. The management team mobilizes primarily to fire incidents that threaten lives and structures, according to Oregon.gov.

The OSFM also stated it mobilized fire boss air tankers and a helicopter to support firefighting efforts.