Emergency Bulletins

The fire stayed quiet overnight with the exception of the southwest flank as it continued to burn within pockets of fuels. Engine crews spent the night patrolling and monitoring areas where crews conducted burnout operations earlier in the day. Today, hand crews continue with those operations on the north side as they work ahead of the fire trying to tie in line and ultimately pinch the fire off at Willow Springs and Freeman Roads. Dozer operations also continue on the south side of the fire. Resources are working to keep the fire south and east of Freeman Road, north of Willow Springs...

Another storm system with 40 mph winds moved across the fire area on Thursday. Outflow winds stirred up fire activity across all sides of the fire. The high winds pushed the fire to the south along Cemetery Road, burned onto Bureau of Land Management lands, and toward the town of Congress. Operations launched Air Attack to reassess the fluid situation along with a helicopter to begin more aerial suppression work within a high-priority saddle to get the fire suppressed on that flank. A dozer was able to get fire line in on State Trust land along the southeast flank of the fire. Today, crews...