Crews working non-stop to protect Fremont Co. homes.

Fire crews are working around the clock to protect homes and property in Fremont County.

Saturday brought fears that a Red Flag warning might push the Hayden Pass fire in new and unexpected directions, but the fire did not exhibit any wild behavior.

That allowed wild-land crew members, like Jorge, to continue their protection preps.

“From Sunday night, five people, one room” Jorge told us while keeping his hands busy with a high pressure water pump, “[Now], this huge thing that we have now. It’s amazing to actually see this work.”

Jorge is referring to the fact that hundreds of firefighters have now joined the fight in Fremont County, approximately 654 in all.

Jorge does admit that the long hours can be taxing, “We had to lay out all these sprinklers, plumbing down, it’s just important to keep your head right.”

Jay Esperance, an Incident Management Commander on the fire is hopeful that crews can continue making progress, “The fact that the fire has slowed down and [making its way towards] lighter fuels, I’m hoping by the end of [Saturday night] we can show more containment.”

In the town of Coaldale, crews are setting up sprinkler systems to protect those structures closest to the flames, places like Cutty’s Campground, just a half-mile downrange of the fire.

“We’re likely to get fires; spot fires, from the ember showers that come over the hill,” says Travis Moore, a task manager on the fire line, “If the fire does come over the ridge, then we have time to start the [sprinkler] pumps and pull [crew members] out”

Crews will continue their round-the-clock efforts, digging and back-burning to keep the containment they have, and hopefully grow that number in the coming days.