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Yesterday, PalmIR units, working with crews, have nearly traversed the fireline, helping crews to discover and extinguish existing smoldering stump holes and subterranean burning material.  Suppression repair has begun at the south end of the fire, with crew creating water bars and other appropriate mitigations on non-primary hand and dozer lines.  Crews began dismantling and backhaul of unneeded hose lays and portable water tanks.

Today, crews will focus on the northwest section of the fire, where some pockets of burning material remain within 100’ of the line.  In preparation for transfer of the fire to a type 4 incident command, unneeded hose lays, pumps, and water tanks are being dismantled and returned to cache.  Rehabilitation work will continue on non-primary hand and dozer lines. Increasing winds throughout the day will be closely monitored, as fire weakened trees will be prone to falling. Wildland crews have begun demobilizing from the fire, returning to local districts or being reassigned to fires still active in the region.