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Summit Creek Fire update.Summit Creek Fire update OAKLEY, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Firefighter crews continue to battle the Summit Creek Fire, and they have made some progress.Kristina Bastian, the Public Information Officer for the Forest Service said the fire is 10% contained.The blaze which started Memorial Day afternoon after lightning struck the mountains just Southeast of Oakley.It’s burned more than 1200 acres since then.Bastian, the said the terrain and access challenges have made it difficult to fight the fire at first.“To combat that, the use of the helicopters with the bucket drops to provide water at the high elevations and the use of the UTVs and side-by-sides to get crews back into accessible areas using those kinds of machines,” Bastian said.Bastian said the Forest Service’s crews are working with the Oakley Fire Department, along with other mutual aid agencies on-scene.“Including but not limited to; Hailey, Ketchum, Hagerman, Rock Creek,” Bastian said.Local rancher Paul Marchant is working with the the Forest Service, allowing helicopters to use his cattle pond in their firefighting efforts.“When they first came, they were looking at the pond and they called me, asked me if, you know, if we could dip out of the pond and it made perfect sense too,” Marchant said.Marchant said he’s grateful to help the forest service fight the fire.he says normally when fires hit the area, its usually west of Oakley, where there’s more brush and juniper trees, and rarely in the forests on the mountains.“We’ve been really fortunate that the fire has stayed in the timber.When I’ve talked to the Forest Service personnel they’ve said, ‘That fire has not really wanted to get above 7200 feet, because it’s greener and wetter up there.It doesn’t look that way and seems pretty dry.But we’ve been really fortunate and the conditions could be a lot worse,” Marchant said.Marchant said his cattle isn’t grazing near the fire, but he is concerned what effects the fires will have later on the grazing season.He added he is in constant contact with the Forest Service who updates them on what’s going on.Bastian said no structures are threatened by the fire though there is some prep going on around cabins.She added the forest service hopes to have the fire contained by June 7, pending weather conditions.KMVT will continue to provide any updates as they become available.Copyright 2026 KMVT.All rights reserved.