What sparked the Peterson Hollow Fire Sunday afternoon was still under investigation, but it had scorched 150 acres on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest’s Logan Ranger District as of Tuesday.
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The containment on the Pioneer Fire went down to 47 percent as the acreage estimate went up to 100,367, according to fire managers via Inciweb. Almost 250 firefighters were assigned to the firefight about 25 miles north of Walden as of Tuesday morning.
Qualified forestry commission personnel can make themselves available to assist the U.S. Forest Service fighting wildfires in other states when Arkansas’ fire danger is low, the release said.
Officials said this week’s cooler, dry temperatures may keep fire activity at its present level. A Level 2 evacuation order – voluntary but advised – is in effect for residents who live along the South Fork of the Payette River and along South Fork Road, east of Grimes Pass Road.
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The Beaver Creek Fire has blackened more than 37,000 acres since it started June 19, burning mostly beetle-kill timber as well as a cabin and several outbuildings. The fire also jumped across a road Monday evening, burning about a mile north of summer cottages. Firefighters said they were able to complete a 20-mile fireline with burnouts to control the southern edge of the fire along Succor Creek Road.
