Firefighters are continuing to monitor and assess the fire. We have been observing by air the fire location and perimeter as it continues to grow. We are looking at minimizing high fire severity burn by using fire in the right locations to maintain a low to moderate fire intensities in the vicinity of the fire. Crews and heavy equipment will continue prepping and reopening some of the old containment lines from previous fires to include Forest Road 567 and Highway 191 corridor.
The Foote fire behavior has been moderate to low burning naturally consuming down and dead fuels to ash. ...