SWEETWATER COUNTY — Fire crews continued to make good progress on the Bitter Creek Fire. The fire is now 80% contained.

With the progress made today many of the firefighting resources are being released and several of them are being reassigned to new fires in and around the state.

All aircraft along with the dozer and several fire engines were released early this morning.

Weather forecasts over the next couple of days will continue to increase in temperature and the relative humidity will be in the single digits allowing for increased fire conditions.

This will cause some of the interior hot spots to possibly flare up and put smoke in the air. The public can expect to see these few hot spots from within the fire perimeter during this time and that they are being mitigated as they are identified by the resources on scene.

All County and BLM roads remain open.

However, officials are asking that the public to please allow a few more days of uninterrupted access around the fire and that public use of the local roads especially Maggie Spring and County Rd 27 only be used if necessary.

They expect that by the weekend the remaining firefighting resources will have been released.