The Sylvan Fire remains at 65% containment as of Sunday, smoldering in an area of 3,792 acres – just under 6 square miles – located near Sylvan Lake State Park south of the town of Eagle.
At the height of the massive effort to stop the fire, 425 personnel were in Eagle with a Type I management team which had access to a large pool of resources. As of Sunday, the cost on the blaze has totaled $6,365,000.
On Saturday, a Type III team had assumed management of the Sylvan Fire. On Sunday, 132 personnel remained. Those crews still have access to two light helicopters, said David Boyd with the U.S. Forest Service, and on Sunday, one of those helicopters took a few flights over a portion of the smoldering southeastern flank of the fire.