Fire crews , but said they feared high winds and lightning could erase some of their gains. The Big Meadows fire was as of Sunday, with 604 acres consumed. Fire managers said they would send away one reconnaissance plane and a heavy helicopter assigned to they incident, and planned to release two hotshot crews.
Also on Sunday, a firefighter assigned to the blaze had to be evacuated by helicopter after suffering a medical emergency. Information officer Bill Kight wouldn’t comment on the nature of the incident, except to say that the firefighter was not injured in an accident.