Archie Creek fire sits at 20% containment

Archie Creek fire sits at 20% containment

Temperatures in the 50s.

The archie creek county where the archie creek fire is just over 128- thousand acres and 20 percent contained.

Kyle reed with the douglas forest protection association says fire activity picked up yesterday in the east and south east part of the fire.

But -- he says all other areas are looking good with strong containment lines in place.

With rain and possible thunderstorms expected tonight -- reed says theye hopeful the moisture will help clear some of the*smoke.

But theye concerened the storms may cause problems for the firefighters.

Kyle reed phoner:?depending on how much moisture we get, especially when we get those heavy downpours over the highly burned areas of the archie creek fire, it could pose some challenges with debris flows and stuff rolling down the hillside?

Right now, there are more than 1,000 crew members battling this fire.

Reed says they expect to see more containment