Wildfire crews reported quiet fire behavior due to light rain, high humidity, and cooler temperatures in the Munson Fire near Chena Hot Springs Road and the Chena Hot Spring Resort.
Crews have cleared brush and installed sprinklers on cabins between mileposts 42 and 48. By Tuesday evening, protection had been completed on 72 cabins on the south side of Chena Hot Springs Road, which is closest to the fire, between miles 48 and 56.
No structures at the resort or along Chena Hot Springs Road have been lost, and Chena Hot Springs Resort remains open. Nearly 200 firefighters and overhead personnel are assigned to the fire.
Crews had completed a fire line south of the resort and were spraying water on it to slow the fire but had to be pulled back for safety concerns.
Firefighters wet down buildings around the resort and cabins closest to the fire with pumps, hoses and sprinklers that have been set up during the past week in anticipation of the fire reaching the resort.
Starting yesterday and continuing today, firefighters are able to “go direct” on the burning edge of the fire to stop the slow, creeping movement down the hill directly behind Chena Hot Springs. They have wrapped up point protection on four cabins along the Middle Fork of the Chena River, the Division of Forestry wrote.
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