Rabbit Foot Fire reaches three percent containment

The Rabbit Foot Fire remains over 34,000 acres, but containment on the flames has grown to three percent.

An opportunity in the Van Horn creek area allowed firefighters to establish an anchor point and gain a foothold producing a three percent containment of the fires edge.

Firefighters continued construction and improvement of indirect dozer lines and roads in preparation for the fire’s eventual advance. 36 miles of road have been cleared using feller-bunchers and firefighting crews and dozers have constructed 49 miles of indirect containment lines around the fire perimeter.

Point and structure protection has also been a priority with 70 sprinklers kits already deployed.

Engagement of firefighters will be limited Sunday due to an intermittent failure of the primary radio system. It will continue until reliable ground communications are reestablished. Initial attack , structure assessments, logistics support, and air resources will continue to respond in areas where communications are good.

Stage One fire restrictions remain in effect on the Salmon-Challis National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and State lands. Fire related area closure orders remain in effect and have expanded in response to the new fire growth.

The Lemhi County Sheriff’s department will continue to notify residents regarding level 1 and level 2 pre-evacuations.