Between Entrapment and Deployment

Key Events: Entrapment

At 1700, air attack estimated the fire was over 500 acres.
Two well developed and counter-rotating convection columns had formed, one on the hillside east of the river and one in the canyon bottom.
Plume-dominated columns from the Thirtymile Fire.

Fire growth map showing the fire's origin, the fire area by 5 p.m., and the deployment area.
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