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Summary: Crews continue to work toward full suppression of the Hillside Fire. The fire is 88% contained with no change in acreage as the fire remains within its footprint. Today resources will patrol and monitor the fire’s edge throughout the day checking to ensure all containment lines are holding and secure and no heat or smokes remain along the fire’s edge and within the interior. Another storm system is forecast for the fire area today with the possibility of outflow winds. 

Summary: 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.

Summary: Thursday morning, operations flew the fire’s perimeter and mapped it at 807 acres. The decrease in acreage is due to more accurate mapping. The fire remains active on all sides and continues to push toward the east and the south, burning through steep and rugged terrain in places within a mixed fuel type of grass, brush, and Pinyon-juniper.