There's going to be a lot of fire out here for a long time. This fire's going to burn for weeks.
We didn't go up in our containment any. But the feeling is that with these thunderstorm developments ... that we need one more day to go up on that containment.
But they won't even be allowed out of the van. We've got to mitigate the hazards first.
It's still a concern because we want to stop this fire. At this point there are no structures, no dwellings, no people at risk on the entire perimeter of the fire.
We're tying to get ahead of the fire and get to work. We've got to build a 90-mile fire line, and we're not going to get that done today. It's going to take three or four days.
If that happens, we'll have a 20- to 25-mile front. That is daunting because it's just that much bigger to burn forward.
The fire's going to raise its head and get up and run today. We are very much not in control. Nature is in control.
This is grueling for the firefighters. We're getting tired.
The fire is three times the size it was at noon on Wednesday. We are not going to get in front of the fire and attack it. This fire will go where it will.
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