The four 212 Helicopters were heavily used to move personnel to remote areas of the fire. Total personnel on the Incident was 938. Suppression work on the Incident continued. Demote began as personnel and equipment were determined to be in excess of needs. Though there are still hot spots to mop up and rehabilitation work to do on the fire.
Crews continue to work on hot spots, particularly in the southeast region of the fire.
44,400 July 15 Yesterday there was active burning within the fire perimeter on unburned spots in southern and southeast portions. Generally, the firelines held well. July 16 Crews are continuing to mop up hot spots on the difficult section of the line on the SE flank of the fire. Yesterday there was some touching of islands within the fire perimeter, as well as one small spot on the south end of the fire. July 17 Flare-ups within the fire perimeter continued to burn islands of unburned fuel today and burnout operations to secure firelines continued.