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Crews making progress against Mount Adams fire

The Columbian
Published: August 16, 2015, 5:00pm

GLENWOOD, Wash. — Mist in the morning, cooler temperatures and calmer winds on Sunday helped slow the spread of the Cougar Creek Fire on the south side of Mount Adams.

Fire officials reported today that crews have containment lines on 15 percent of the fire, which grew 200 acres to 22,500 acres.

Fire line building today is being focused on the southeast finger of the blaze to pinch off the front that was advancing toward the Klickitat County community of Glenwood. Work is being tasked on the north end of the fire to keep it from reaching Big Muddy Creek. Preservation of a irrigation flume off Bacon Creek on the east remains a priority.

Crews also were able to preserve a snowmobile shed at Island Camp and a wooden domestic water supply structure.

Smoky conditions are reported south of the fire with haze as far as White Salmon.

Slight more than 450 personnel are assigned to the fire. Fire officials expect few or no additional help with so many fires throughout the nation.

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