Firefighters continue to gain ground on the East Evans Creek Fire, with containment increasing to 17 percent as evacuation levels are reduced and residents begin returning home.
Kyle Gibbons, operations manager for the Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT), shared the encouraging update during the operational briefing Tuesday, July 21.
“Currently, we’re sitting in a fairly good spot on our area that’s been pushing us around,” Gibbons said, referring to the spot fire on Board Mountain…