Firefighters mop up at Hilltop Fire north of Camas
After dealing with gusty, erratic winds and high humidity for most of last week, fire crews battling the Hilltop Fire north of Camas welcomed more cooperative weather over the weekend. "Cooler temperatures and higher humidity's throughout the night have greatly helped our mop up efforts," said Kent Stanford, operations chief. "Long range weather forecasts seem to be going our way." Helicopter flights equipped with an infared camera flew over the fire on Wednesday night and found that there were still multiple hot spots around the west interior of the burn. Fire crews worked on those spots using burnout techniques on Thursday.