UPDATE:Chetco Bar Fire grows to 125,000 acres, mostly spreading in Kalmiopsis Wilderness

Oregon’s largest wildfire continued to grow Monday, but it didn’t move any closer to the nearby town of Brookings.

The Chetco Bar Fire, burning in southwest Oregon, is now 117,669 acres, up from around 108,000 on Sunday.

The fire grew mostly to the north and east, and primarily in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, fire officials said.

In the north, it moved toward the Big Craggie Botanical Area, a remote series of peaks in the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains.

To the east, the fire moved toward Dry Butte and Taggart’s Bar along the upper Chetco River.

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The edges of the fire closest to homes and towns have remained in check, as the fire remains around 5 miles from Brookings, incident spokesman Terry Krasko said.

“In the areas where we’ve been actively working, the fire has been held in check for the most part,” Krasko said. “Most of the growth, to the north and east, is in areas where we’re not actively surprising the fire.”

Air quality in Brookings improved, although only slightly on Monday. It was listed as simply “unhealthy” on Monday, while on Sunday thick smoke led to “very unhealthy” air quality.

Some residents east of Brookings were allowed to return to their homes Monday, as a small area was reduced from a level 3 evacuation (“go now”) to level 2 (“get set").

Chetco Bar is the top priority wildfire in the nation and there are more than 1,660 people working a fire that began July 12 but only exploded within the past few weeks.

For more specific details on the fire evacuation status, see: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5385/.

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