The Riverside Fire reached 6% containment Thursday.
Incident commanders provided their daily update on the efforts to fight the fire Thursday. The first containment levels were reported Wednesday, when the fire was 3% contained. That number doubled Thursday.
Engines, dozers, and crews are continuing to ‘stitch together’ sections of constructed fireline and existing roads on the western edge of the fire to bring together a continuous holding line from the Le Dee Flat area in the north to the Dickie Prairie area in the south.
Firefighters are creating firelines by digging down to bare mineral soil through ‘duff layers’ of twigs, needles, and leaves on the forest floor, up to two feet deep.
“Day after day, hour after hour the folks on the line are making progress to connect all the pieces of fireline,” said Deputy Incident Commander, Dave Bales.