The Ridge Fire, a wildfire that has burned 3,079 acres in the Hualapai Mountains southeast of Kingman, remained at 87% containment on Tuesday.
Officials began releasing many resources “so they can be available for other national priorities and incidents across the nation,” according to the Colorado River District Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Control of the fire will transition to local firefighters as overall conditions have been brought down to a “lower complexity,” said Brad Johnson, planning operations trainee for Southwest Incident Management Team No. 3.
The blaze is attributed to a lightning strike in the mountains 5 miles south of Pine Lake. It has been burning since Aug. 16.
Some resources will remain in the Pine Lake community for at least the next couple of days, Johnson said Tuesday.
Because fire conditions and activities have decreased in that area, BLM is loosening its fire closure order as of 7 a.m. today.