Current supplies of fire shelters in the cache system and GSA can meet the immediate needs of the agencies. All trails should be reopened tomorrow. Small, unburned islands within containment lines will likely burn for the next few days. Light rain fell on some areas of the fire on Tuesday, but no more precipitation is forecast for the next several days. The fire remains within scratch lines.
Crews are busy with mop-up.
There are still islands of fuel burning within the lines, but all flanks are well secured against forecast conditions. The Type 1 crew from Fort Apache was released on Tuesday evening and returned home yesterday morning. The park will continue to monitor the fire until it is declared out. The 227-136 Fire was started by a burning vehicle on April 23rd. A park engine arrived on scene and controlled the fire before it spread.