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Fire personnel are seeing many recreationists near the fire since the closure has been reduced in size. Travel on the Anderson Creek 435 road is allowed but fire officials ask that you drive slowly and pay attention to your surroundings, you may encounter short closures if crews need to conduct falling operations.   Firefighters will continue to patrol all areas of the fire; looking for hotspots, snags, and trees that can negatively affect the forest roads.  As you are out driving be careful of large engines stopped for hazard tree and rock removal. 

Today crews will continue to hold and improve existing control lines along their divisions by mopping-up to the extent necessary to prevent fire escape.   Four miles of fire hose, pumps and other water handling equipment will remain near poison creek throughout the weekend.    

Resources will monitor and patrol fire lines, keeping fire in the existing footprint.  Rolling rocks and hazard trees remain an area of concern across the fire and are being addressed where possible.  As much of the focus shifts to suppression repair activities; crews will be working closely with the resource advisors, using available equipment to restore the area to the forest standards.

Smoke will continue to be visible within the fire perimeter. Do not call 911. Instead, report fire activity or smoke within the fire perimeter by calling 208-510-8412. Firefighters will continue to monitor the fire area by air and ground and will respond to any fire activity as necessary.

Weather:  On Saturday and Sunday expect patchy smoke and a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoons.  Expect a 60% chance of precipitation on Sunday.   

Air Quality:  Specific information about local smoke levels, forecasts, and possible health impacts is available at https://outlooks.airfire.org/outlook/cc0ac676/.

Closure Information: The current closure includes an area around Collier Peak and the fire perimeter. Complete closure order for the Boise and Payette National Forests – including a full description and an accompanying map – is available at https://InciWeb.nwcg.gov/incident/closures/8331/.