Primary control lines are cut, but Emigrant Fire officials wait to raise containment percentage

Officials on the Emigrant Fire announced over the weekend that primary control lines have been completed. The fire, which is estimated to have burned 32,294 acres as of Monday morning, is also now listed as being 1% contained.

“A small area near Sacandaga Campground has been declared contained now that all remaining hot spots near the primary control line were located and extinguished,” said a Monday morning update published online by fire managers.

Crews on the fire burning in eastern Lane and Douglas counties have cut more than 50 miles of line around the blaze. So why is containment at 1% when it is ringed with primary fire line and crews are now at work on secondary line?

That one percent represents the portion that was tested, and Public Information Officer Randall Rishe said the p