Jarod Opperman / The Bulletin file photoThe County Line 2 Fire near Warm Springs on Aug. 17.

Firefighters on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation conducted controlled burns Monday around a canyon where they hope to stop the spread of the County Line 2 Fire.

Reinforcing fire lines and burning at Shitike Creek canyon should be done by Wednesday, and the fire is expected to be contained Friday, said Doug Epperson, spokesman for the interagency team managing the fire. “That doesn’t mean it will be out,” he said.

“It means we feel we have a ring around it. It may not be out until (we get) good wetting rains,” he said.

As of Monday night, the fire had burned 65,200 acres, more than 101 square miles, and was 69 percent contained. More than 560 firefighters remain committed to the fire.

Firefighters hope to stop the County Line 2 Fire, which mainly is burning to the west, about 1½ miles from the Shitike Butte lookout, Epperson said.

Shitike Butte and Shitike Creek canyon are between Mount Jefferson and Warm Springs.

A level 1 evacuation warning remains in effect for all of the Warm Springs Reservation, meaning residents should be ready to evacuate if needed, according to InciWeb, the federal Incident Information System. A level 2 warning remains in place for Tenino Road, where people should be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice. A 6-mile stretch of the road remains closed to all but local and firefighting traffic.

The fire started Aug. 12 and has destroyed two occupied homes and one vacant home. It also damaged another occupied home beyond repair. Cause of the fire remains under investigation. The fire began as multiple small fires along U.S. Highway 26.

— Dylan J. Darling, The Bulletin