Fire crews continue to make progress on Monterey County’s Timber Fire, having increased containment of the blaze to 59% Wednesday morning.

The fire has burned 25,437 acres since it started Aug. 8 in the rugged Central Coast wilderness area around Big Sur.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has downgraded zones MRY-F028-B and MRY-F028-C from evacuation orders to warnings and lifted all orders and warnings for zones MRY-F028-A and MRY-F028-D.

All previously issued orders and warnings remain in effect.

More information about alerts and zones can be found here: AlertMRY.org/alerts.

The fire is currently threatening 661 structures and has injured three firefighters, according to information on the Cal Fire website.

Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.