The wildfire that blazed through 1,500 acres near Boiling Spring Lakes last weekend has been contained at 56%, according to a Friday morning update from the N.C. Forest Service.
Crews on Thursday made “significant progress” working to extinguish persistent hot spots around the fire perimeter, particularly in the northeast section and southern tip of the now little more than 1,300-acre fire, the Forest Service said.
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This weekend’s rainy forecast “will be a great help,” Forest Service Operations Section Chief Trainee Weston Vandenabeele said in a Thursday release.
“Now’s the time for us to dig in our heels and make sure we get every bit of heat out of this fire,” he said. The rain, “and our continued efforts to put additional water on the hot spots and knock down piles of debris will pay dividends.”
The Sunset Road Fire, as it has been named, began May 2 and remains under investigation.
A temporary flight restriction, or TFR, remains in place at an altitude to 3,000 feet until further notice. Drones are prohibited from being operated within a TFR.
