As the Lower Sugarloaf Fire enters its fourth week of torching timber on the Okanogan-Wentachee National Forest in Chelan County, its footprint continues to increase in size with each passing hour.

The blaze, which was ignited by a lightning strike on Aug. 31 about 12 miles east of Leavenworth on the Wenatchee River Ranger District, has now blackened 29,955 acres and is holding at 22% containment.

On Monday, fire managers say crews made steady progress in their efforts to conduct both containment and suppression measures in the areas of Roaring Ridge, and the drainages of both Sourdough and Tamarack Creeks.

Firefighters also located and extinguished several spot fires which had previously gone undetected near Entiat Summer Road.

Helicopters also performed water drops at various locatio

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