The wet weather is keeping grass and other light vegetation wet. Winds are also slowing down. Local firefighting agencies are even planning to scale back some of their firefighting efforts.
Klamath County has lifted all evacuations for its side of the fire. Some evacuations in Lake County remain in place.
鈥淲e're certainly cautiously optimistic that those days of extraordinarily long runs of this fire are behind us, but we're not going to become complacent and we don't want area residents to become complacent either,鈥� says incident spokesman Al Nash.
Still, Nash warns that this small bit of rain is just a drop in the bucket.
鈥淥ne day of good weather that benefits the firefighting efforts doesn't negate all of the ongoing drought conditions,鈥� he says.
Nash says warmer days are ahead, and a small bit of rain won鈥檛 do much to alleviate the extreme drought that鈥檚 contributing to the massive wildfire.
The Bootleg Fire has grown to almost 411,000 acres and is just over halfway contained. It鈥檚 still the largest wildfire in the nation and the third-largest in state history. Nash says it鈥檚 destroyed over 160 homes so far.
