Update: The Upriver Fire has burned about 230 acres, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
The incident management team says overnight humidity helped moderate fire behavior and allowed crews to strengthen containment lines.
More than three hundred personnel are helping fight the fire, the cause of which is still under investigation. But the Department of Natural Resources told reporters this afternoon it did believe the fire to be human-caused.
Sheriff John Nowels said that there was one missing persons report filed by a family who evacuated. Nowels said his officers think they know where that person might be, but that area isn’t safe to search yet.
As of last night, the sheriff was told that around 15 homes were burned or severely damaged by the fire. Others have been covered in red flame retardant.
Officials are monitoring conditions today, which remain hot, dry and somewhat breezy.
Level 2 and 3 evacuations remain between Camp Sekani and East Bigelow Gulch Road.
