The Grassy Ridge Fire about 2 miles outside of Dubois is now 20% contained, but has increased in size to 103,935(162 square miles) .

Yesterday afternoon into early evening fire crews completed firing/burning operations and completion of containment lines in the northwest section of the fire. Fire crews continued to secure and patrol the lines until midnight. A contingent of engines remained the rest of the night to patrol the lines to ensure they were holding.

Along the rest of the fire, crews walked and “cold-trailed” many miles of containment line and the numerous active fingers of fire activity. Cold-Trailing is where fire fighters physically walk the containment lines and search for pockets of heat and put them out for a depth towards the interior of the fire to ensure that it is cold and black in depth to ensure that no errant sparks can be fanned to life by the wind and tossed across containment lines to start a new fire.

Last night, about 150 people attended a public meeting in Dubois, ID regarding the Grassy Ridge Fire. Team 3 Operations Chief Mike Friend provided an overview of the current fire situation and short term plans for continued suppression activities. Agency Administrator Jeremy Casterson (BLM), Incident Commander Taiga Rohrer, and Clark County Sheriff May addressed the group. A 30-minute Q & A was provided. Questions ranged from thanking agencies for the their efforts to concerns on how suppression efforts were being implemented. Overall the community was supportive of all efforts to manage the incident. It was evident that the local community was very involved in preparing for fire season but still needed to improve coordination in the community.