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Having now impacted 10,326 acres of land, the “Rocky Mtn Fire 2016” is 90 percent contained, according to officials at the Shenandoah National Park.

Up to 260 personnel, some arriving in helicopters, have been working for nearly two weeks to contain the fire that took hold in the park’s southern district. About 209 workers are currently focusing efforts “on hazard reduction and suppression repair” along the closed sections of Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail. As more than a dozen trails still remain closed, park officials say their goal is to open them “as soon as safely possible.”

And as fire crews get smaller, The Southern Area Red Team is transferring command of the blaze over to a smaller Shenandoah National Park based team tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, flight restrictions around the area, ordered earlier this month, will remain in effect until May 21.

Park officials received reports of the wildfire on April 16, at the time it only covered 200 acres. The fire was reportedly burning laurel, pine, and oak forests with “heavier than average leaf litter and duff.”

Shenandoah National Park is located in Luray, Va., about 85 miles west of the District. It stretches across 196 acres. While the cause of the fire is under investigation, park officials expect that it’s likely human caused.