Elk Fire Update

The fire has been active on the west side today and is putting up heavy smoke as it is burning in heavy timber along the Dry Fork drainage. This portion of the fire is actively moving to both the southwest and northwest.

The northeastern side of the fire has shown little fire activity in most areas thus far and is not moving actively. The fire is burning patches of timber in the Tongue River Canyon; these areas are within the current fire perimeter. And resources are confident lines in this area will hold.

There has been an increase in activity west of Steamboat Point near Cutler Creek. Air resources are being used heavily to slow spread toward Highway 14 and structures in that area.

East of Steamboat Point the fire is active south of Highway 14. Additional evacuations were ordered earlier in the day for the Eaton’s Ranch area. Airtankers have been dropping retardant throughout the day to slow fire spread in this area. There is a hard closure to ALL traffic, to include fire resources in this area.