Crews are gaining ground on the Leland Complex of timber fires burning locally in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. Firefighters have increased containment on the blazes over the last two days. The Sand Mountain Fire in North Latah County outside Harvard is now 82% contained at around 1,600 acres. Containment on the Johnson Creek Fire North of Elk River has increased to 63% at about 1,300 acres. Resources on the fires have started to demobilize. The blazes were sparked by lightning on July 7th.