Beaver Creek

In Carbon County, Wyo., firefighters are evaluating areas north of the fire where they may have to defend buildings should the fire make a push in that direction.

Fire managers say storm cells moving in from the south mark the first time in over a week the weather forecast calls for conditions that may reduce fire activity.

The goal of fire managers is full suppression of the flames, but given the nature of the fuel -- dense, standing beetle-killed timber -- direct attack by ground crews is simply too dangerous an undertaking in most areas.

Evacuation orders remain in place due to dangerous conditions on the fire perimeter.

Rob Sanders, Brooke Thornock and Engine Boss Michael Morin recently had an interesting day working the fire.

Crews pulled back to a contingency line and conducted a burnout operation to eliminate fuel between the control line and the wildfire, slowing the fire's advance.

"We've got a road here called the six-hundred road that has somewhere between a dozen and twenty structures, and it is right in the heart of the fire," Davis says.

Fire managers reported growth of 591 acres Saturday and 1,913 acres Sunday.

Fire managers reported growth of 591 acres Saturday and 1,913 acres Sunday.

Crews are fanning out from the fire's edge into Wyoming in search of areas where firefighters could directly engage the flames with a high probability of success.