Anvil Fire | Flat Fire: Wet weather conditions slow operations for fire crews

Fire officials working the Anvil and Flat fires say the wet weather the area has been receiving has created unsafe working conditions. Officials anticipate a break in the wet weather on Sunday, followed by more rain and then a few days of drying.

During the dry weather periods officials say that fire managers will take advantage and make additional progress on the fires with heavy equipment work.

Anvil Fire

Fire officials working the Anvil Fire say that high winds and wet conditions slowed operations across the fire on Friday, though crews and equipment operators continued to make progress where they safely can.

Crews will continue to install erosion control features along dozer lines on Saturday. Officials say while the ground in the area is too saturated for heavy equipment, hand crews will continue improving drainage on dozer line around China Mountain.

Officials say that chipping operations along Forest System 5544 and 5502 Roads are nearly complete.

Fire officials are anticipating a dry period on Sunday and plan to take advantage of the periods of dry weather to make additional progress with heavy equipment work.

The Anvil Fire is now 22,170 acres and is 80% contained.

288 total personnel are working the fire, resources include:

• 7 crews
• 1 helicopter
• 8 engines

Evacuations: Level I evacuation zones around the Anvil Fire remain. Click here for more information.

Flat Fire

Fire officials working the Flat Fire say that the ground on the Pine Grove bicycle trail is too saturday to safey work, so crews instead focused efforts on cleaning culverts and roadside ditches on Friday.

Once the weather allows, officials say, bales of straw are prepositioned to be be flown by helicopter to areas east of Agness once the weather allows. Fire officials anticipate drying periods on Sunday.

Saturday crews will focus on chipping operations along the Forest System 3680 Road and crews will again attempt to work on the Pine Grove trail repair.

The Flat fire still sits at 34,242 acres and is 93% contained.

69 total personnel are working the fire, resources include:

• 2 crews
• 4 engines

Evacuations: There are no evacuation statuses on the Flat Fire.