GLENWOOD, Wash. — Mist in the morning, cooler temperatures and calmer winds on Sunday helped slow the spread of the Cougar Creek Fire on the south side of Mount Adams.
Fire officials reported today that crews have containment lines on 15 percent of the fire, which grew 200 acres to 22,500 acres.
Fire line building today is being focused on the southeast finger of the blaze to pinch off the front that was advancing toward the Klickitat County community of Glenwood. Work is being tasked on the north end of the fire to keep it from reaching Big Muddy Creek. Preservation of a irrigation flume off Bacon Creek on the east remains a priority.
Crews also were able to preserve a snowmobile shed at Island Camp and a wooden domestic water supply structure.
