The Slide Fire Wildfire is still burning in Oak Creek Canyon, north of Sedona, Arizona, after first being reported on Tuesday May 20. Evacuations and road closures remain in place as firefighters battle the monstrous blaze.

According to the most recent update from InciWeb, officials estimate that the Slide Fire has burned through approximately 20,369 acres of land over the past week and is currently only 45 percent contained.

It continues to burn northward in the Oak Creek Canyon area, just north of Slide Rock State Park, with the fire predominantly blazing through the west side of the canyon.

Evacuations remain in place for residents living in Oak Creek Canyon between Slide Rock State Park and Sterling Springs Hatchery. As of Wednesday, no structures had been lost yet to the fire, but 300 structures remain threatened by the blaze including private homes, vacation resort cabins and a Forest Service lookout tower.

Additionally, the Coconino National Forest has issued an emergency closure on all National Forest System lands within the area of the Slide Fire on the Coconino National Forest in Coconino and Yavapai Counties.

In terms of road closures due to fire activity, the following are closed to all vehicles as of Wednesday: Highway 89A from Sedona to Fort Tuthill in Flagstaff; Forest Road (FR) 535 at Highway 89A; FR 533 at Highway 89A; FR 231 at Rogers Lake; FR 527 and 530 (west side: Volunteer Canyon area); and Casner Mountain is also closed to all vehicles.

Coconino County officials have scheduled a community meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Red Rock High School in Sedona to discuss procedures for residents and business owners to re-enter their properties in Oak Creek Canyon.

There are currently 884 fire personnel tending to the blaze, with resources including 22 crews, 29 engines and nine helicopters.

Despite difficult weather conditions that included high temperatures, low humidity and increasing winds, on Wednesday crews continued to improve the west and south boundary lines and continued to mop up and patrol the east and north sides of the fire.

Fire crews will continue to deal with very difficult terrain including steep slopes and extreme canyons. However, looking forward firefighters plan to work on holding the containment line along the west edge of the fire and burn out patches of unburned land within the fire lines. They will also continue to patrol and mop up other parts of the fire line.

In terms of the fire behavior for this blaze, interior lands will continue to burn out. Firefighters are expecting surface spread with some isolated torching. Unburned areas within the West Fork Canyon still pose significant possibility, but "should not threaten the line," officials said.

It has been confirmed that this fire was human-caused, but the specifics of the cause are still under official investigation.

Residents in and around the Oak Creek Canyon area, along with family and friends, are invited to visit Twitter and Facebook for the latest official fire updates. You can follow these updates on Twitter @CoconinoNF or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SlideFireInfo.

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