A trace of snow fell on the Decker Fire Thursday. The minimal amount of snow didn’t have much effect on the fire, public information officer Rick Barton said, but higher levels of humidity kept the fire from growing much throughout the day.
“The positive is the higher humidity allows us to go in direct on the fire and stir it up,” Barton said. “The high humidity made everything sit.”
The humidity was around 60 percent on Thursday. The fire was at 7,034 acres Thursday morning and didn’t get much bigger. “All of the burning was inside the (burn) area,” Barton said. “That’s good – it helps us keep fuels away from the control lines.”
Crews spent Thursday building and improving fire lines.
Division R, on the north side of the fire, got their line done, said Penny Bertram, another public information officer with the fire.