8pm map update:
The fire ran up out of Swartz Canyon and over the flank of Sugarloaf Mountain this evening. Also, it grew into areas which have not burned in recent memory south of Aetna Springs.
2020 fire scars in blue. 2020 Glass Fire dozer lines in black.
The fire has been slowly waking up, throughout the day. As of about 4:30pm, the smoke inversion that was suppressing fire behavior for most of the day has pretty much cleared out, and the fire seems to be getting ready to make some runs.
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Here’s a progression of the fire, so far, at 17:00 (yellow) and 22:30 (orange), yesterday, and 15:30 (red), today.
Source: FIRIS. North arrow in top-right.
2020 Glass Fire in pink. 2020 Glass Fie dozer lines in black.
We’ll have more on this fire as the evening goes on.