Elk Fire Update: 10-11-24 4:15pm

Size: 79,280 acres (2,902-acre increase) Total Personnel: 929 Containment: 14 percent Resources: 10 helicopters | 1 UAS | 4 air tankers | 20 crews | 66 engines | 8 dozers | 16 water tenders | 5 masticators | 7 skidders | 5 feller bunchers | 1 processor

This following area is now being downgraded to a “Ready” status:

The area at Pass Creek Road from Hwy 345 west to Slack Road and north to the Montana state line. This includes the residences along Slack Road. South along East Pass Creek Road from its intersection with Pass Creek Rd to the Forest Service boundary continuing east to include the length of Twin Creek Road to move from a Set to a Ready.

Officials will continue to monitor fire behavior and assess the need to change any evacuation levels.

There have been no changes to the current road closures.

As we’ve been sharing, firefighters are implementing Strategic Firing Operations at the southern edge of the #ElkFire. The fire has continued to push southward, threatening both the Big Goose Creek Watershed and communities to the south and east.

In a carefully-coordinated series of operations, the Incident Management Team is using fire to create containment line, starting near the Big Goose Creek Water Intake Facility and moving to the south. The goal is take fuel away from the fire and prevent it from impacting the watershed and area communities.