![Sawyer Andrew Hewitt, a member of the Nez Perce-Clearwater Interagency Hotshot Crew, works on Consalus Fire earlier this week.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/07/18/Sawyer_Hewitt_ASivill_consalus_Fire_2023jpeg_t1170.jpeg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Sawyer Andrew Hewitt, a member of the Nez Perce-Clearwater Interagency Hotshot Crew, works on Consalus Fire earlier this week.
July 19, 2023
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July 19, 2023 1 a.m.
Containment nears on Bee Top Fire
Additional resources diverted to Consalus Fire
With containment of the Bee Top Fire approaching 90%, control of the fire is being returned to Idaho Panhandle National Forests officials. Over on the Consalus Fire, the lightning-caused blaze inched upward to 444 acres and some of the resources from the Bee Top are being diverted to the Pend Oreille County fire.