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Hand crews resumed with mop up efforts today with a focus along the Hassayampa Riverbed where heat continues to linger. Engine resources continue patrolling and monitoring the perimeter of the fire checking for any remaining smokes. The fire is holding within containment lines with no additional growth. Resources have the fire 90% contained. This morning, the fire was transferred back to the Wickenburg Fire Department as a Type 4 incident. As a reminder, gas remains off to residents who live on the southern end of the fire area, near the Hassayampa River.

The fire continues to hold within containment lines including through afternoon winds with gusts up to 20 mph. Even with Friday’s hot and dry conditions fire behavior stayed low to moderate with heat lingering within the interior of the fire, particularly within the Hassayampa Riverbed.

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.