#CottonwoodPeakFire #ElkoCounty #NVwx
Don Zirbel, Staff Reporter
Aug 24 at 11:14 AM EDT
Update from the Eastern Area Complex Incident Management Team:
Firefighters are starting their Sunday with overcast skies and rain showers. Those conditions are all beneficial to the work firefighters are continuing on the Cottonwood Peak Fire.
The area is under the influence of monsoonal moisture. If the sun breaks out later today, the instability could spawn thunderstorms in the area. It raises concerns over strong, gusty outflow winds, localized heavy downpours and even some flooding and debris flow in burn scars. Any associated lightning also poses a threat of new fire starts. Absent some unanticipated change, future fire growth is likely to be limited…
…Firefighters patrolled high value areas overnight, keeping their eyes peeled for any hotspots along containment lines. Sunday’s efforts are planned to build upon recent successes, described as “solid victories” by a member of the Operations staff on the Eastern Area Complex Incident Management Team.
In the northeast corner of the fire, two large sections of containment line have been joined together. Work continues to extend those lines to the north and south. Along the fire’s southern perimeter, crews and bulldozers will be utilized to hold and improve existing fireline and to extend it to the northwest. The structure protection group is being beefed up...
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