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Last Updated: Jun. 13, 2023 12:19PMhas been downgraded to “being held” from its previous classification of out of control.
Shaelee Stearns, information officer for the Cameron Bluffs Incident Management Team, says the rain on June 9 and cooler temperatures allowed crews to do “good work” on containment lines around the fire, which is why it was able to be moved to being held.“The size is now approximately 226 hectares in size. So the size did drop,” Stearns said Tuesday. “And that’s due to that more accurate mapping that we’re seeing.
“A feature with this is in the area that we’re seeing, we’re still under prevailing drought conditions, so some of the trees where you see those like deeper root systems, and these older trees that may have rot inside of them, the innermost part of the tree is burning,” Stearns said.
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