Crews focused on removing roadside vegetation from nearby National Forest System roads, Deer Flat Campground, and an Idaho Power weather station.

[3] Two days later, on August 29, the fire had spread to approximately 5,000 acres (20 km2), fueled by dead, bug kill and down lodgepole pine and sub-alpine fir.

[4] Closures were expanded to the entire area surrounding the fire, specifically the Lowman Ranger District in the Boise National Forest.

The fire had crossed a National Forest System road and moved closer to the Deer Flat Campground and into the Little Beaver Creek drainage.

[1] By September 15, leadership had reduced closures on Boise and Salmon Challis National Forest, providing access to the land for hunters and general recreation.