Rice Ridge Fire Friday Morning Update

Rice Ridge Morning Update: A community meeting will be held tonight, Sept. 1, at 6 p.m. at the Ovando Elementary School. This event will not be live streamed. The Pathfinder will be covering the meeting.

The Rice Ridge Fire grew nearly 4,000 acres yesterday. It is now 37,032 acres and 18% contained. There are 729 fire personnel on the fire.

YESTERDAY: Crews held fire growth at critical locations across the perimeter despite yesterday's red flag warning. On the west flank of the fire, ground and aerial resources limited spread in the Murphy Creek and Sawyer Creek drainages where the fire spotte...