Today firefighters engaged with line construction and going direct along the fire’s edge, when and where it is safe. A helicopter with the Bureau of Land Management continued to support ground resources with bucket drops on lingering hot spots.
Along the northeast and southeast sides of the fire, crews were able to get containment lines established and now have the fire 20% contained. It remains 166 acres per an aerial flight earlier today. Fire operations were able to engage the dozer this afternoon, within the river bottom, along the northwest flank of the fire. Dozer work provides...