8:20 p.m.: Helicopter bucket drops have minimized the spread of the Hurd Creek Fire, which is located two miles southwest of the Meadow Creek Reservoir, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fire is now 10% contained. Firefighters will now monitor the fire from a nearby vantage point due to steep terrain, and will begin work containing the fire again Sunday morning.

6:50 p.m.: A helicopter has arrived at the scene of the Hurd Creek Fire and has performed several bucket drops in coordination with ground crews, according to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. The wildfire has not significantly grown since the previous update, and no evacuations have been ordered.

5:20 p.m.: The Hurd Creek Fire has grown to an estimated one-half acre in rocky terrain with low spread potential, according to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. U.S. Forest Service and East Grand Fire Protection District crews were hiking into the area around 5:20 p.m. Saturday, and fire personnel requested a helicopter to assist with water bucket drops. Smoke remained visible from U.S. Highway 40 and the Fraser Valley, and the sheriff’s office asks that residents not call 911 unless reporting another emergency or a different smoke sighting.

Original story: East Grand Fire Protection District, the U.S. Forest Service and Grand County Sheriff’s Office crews were responding to a small wildfire in the Hurd Creek Drainage, north of Devil’s Thumb near Tabernash, according to a sheriff’s office Facebook post on Saturday, Aug. 23.

The fire was believed to be less than two-tenths of an acre, the sheriff’s office stated around 3:50 p.m., and was causing white smoke to be visible from U.S. Highway 40 in the Fraser Valley. No evacuations were in place at the time of the post and no structures were immediately threatened. The cause of the fire is currently unknown.

This is a developing story and will be updated.