Crews conduct over 270 acres of prescribed burns near Bend, Sisters; residents urged to keep doors, windows closed

(Update: Results of Monday burns; advisory to residents to limit smoke impacts

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Deschutes National Forest firefighters conducted a total of 271 acres of prescribed burns on Monday at two locations near Bend and Sisters, and residents are being urged to keep doors and windows closed to ease smoke impacts.

The Big Eddy Block 1 burn totaled 113 acres a mile southwest of Bend, near the junction of Cascade Lakes Highway and Forest Service Road 41. A pilot car was escorting traffic along Road 41.

Residents in Bend and living south and east of the Deschutes River, including Sunriver, La Pine and Redmond, were urged to keep doors and windows closed to minimize smoke impacts, especially overnight and in the early morning.

Meanwhile, 158 acres were burned on Highway 20 Units