As additional crews continued to flood the fire camp set up outside Estacada, fire officials said that higher humidity and lower temperatures were making the difference in keeping the 36 Pit fire in check, reports oregonlive.com.
Cooperative weather and the 500-plus firefighters with another 300 on their way allowed the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office to reduce evacuation orders for about 40 homes from level 3 (go!) to level 2 (get ready to leave), said spokesman Sgt. Nate Thompson.
But people who were evacuated earlier from the Silver Fox RV Park must still stay away from their homes, Thompson said.
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