The 1,183 acre Meeks Table Fire on the Naches Ranger District is now 60 percent contained and not expected to grow further, fire officials said Monday.
A reduced crew of about?100 firefighters will continue to patrol the fire and put out remaining hot spots, but ?construction of fire lines is complete, according to the Monday news release from the Forest Service.
That’s because the southern edge of the fire is below steep cliffs to the north of Rattlesnake Creek and fire officials decided not to build containment lines there.
Crews will continue to patrol the area, however.
The Naches Ranger ?District took over management of the fire Monday morning when the state incident management team left.
Since the danger has decreased, the Naches District decided to reopen most of the roads — the 1500 and 1600 systems — that were closed when the fire started Sept. 12.