The Bighorn Fire has grown to 88,046 acres but progress on fighting the blaze that's been burning north of Tucson since June 5, continues to go well, officials said in a Friday morning update. "We're in good shape with the work we've done so far," Incident Commander Scott Shuster, of the Northern Rockies Incident Management Team said Friday morning about fire lines and other buffers created around the areas of Oracle and SaddleBrooke.
Containment of the lightning-caused blaze has remained steady at 33 percent. Some 1,100 people are assigned to fight the wildfire.
Shuster said firefighters will be challenged by wind on Friday as well as low humidity, which has help fuel flareups in different parts of the Santa Catalinas.
"All those areas on the top of the mountain are looking in good shape," he said, describing a "green doughnut" of fire protection established around Summerhaven, Willow Creek and the Catalina Highway.