The Timber Fire in the unincorporated Big Sur area of Monterey County was 12% contained on Saturday afternoon after growing to nearly 5,000 acres.
The fire in Los Padres National Forest was at about 4,870 acres as of Cal Fire’s update at 2 p.m.
Fire crews led by a Cal Fire incident management team made progress digging and reopening fire containment lines, with bulldozer containment lines on the north side of the fire complete, according to Cal Fire.
Air attacks were conducted throughout the day Friday to assist the more than 1,800 firefighters on the ground.
Hot spots were detected above homes in the Castro Canyon area, where Cal Fire said crews were focusing efforts on Saturday.
The eastern side of the fire saw more activity on Friday as conditions in that area of Los Padres National Forest were drier, according to Cal Fire’s assessment.
All previous evacuation orders and warnings for residents from Partington Creek to Pheneger Creek and surrounding areas remained in place.
State Highway 1 remained closed in the area. There were over 500 structures threatened, but none had been damaged or destroyed as of Saturday.
Evacuation zones can be found at alertmry.org.
Cal Fire initially said the fire started on Aug. 9 but later clarified that it started on Aug. 8 near Timber Top Trail. It jumped Coastal Ridge Road and spread northwest toward Big Sur Campgrounds and several well-known restaurants and hotels.
About 640 residents were under evacuation orders and another roughly 350 were under evacuation warnings as of Saturday.