As firefighters work to contain , high winds and hot temperatures mean the fire keeps growing.
The fire has spread to more than 61,000 acres and firefighters are up against the weather to keep it from growing.
鈥淔irefighters are doing pretty well as far as getting the line buttoned up, and they鈥檙e doing a lot of good work,鈥� said fire information officer Vince Mazzier. 鈥淲e鈥檒l just see what happens this afternoon with the wind.鈥�
That wind is what is giving firefighters trouble. They expect wind gusts to reach as much as 35 miles per hour.
鈥淚t does cause the fire to move in the direction of the wind, which is going to be somewhere out of the west to northwest, so that will push the southern end of the fire into the wilderness.鈥�
So that鈥檚 where they鈥檙e working the hardest. A new fire started Thursday about 12 miles west in Prairie City. Fire officials are calling it the Jerry鈥檚 Draw Fire and don鈥檛 expect it to join with Canyon Creek.
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