Wapiti Fire grows to nearly 90,000 acres, community meeting set for Thursday evening in Stanley

STANLEY, Idaho (KIFI) - (Update 5:18 p.m.) Custer County Sheriff-Idaho posted to Facebook on August 29 "residents of Lower Stanley may return at 8pm tonight!"

(12:20 p.m.) The Wapiti Fire burning near Stanley grew nearly 19,000 acres Wednesday to a total of 89,714 acres.

Fire managers have announced a community meeting for Thursday, August 29, at 6 p.m. at the Stanley Community Building. The meeting will also be streamed live on their Facebook page .

The Custer County Sheriff's Office has issued evacuation orders for certain zones.

"Go" Status for Zone 1 and the lower section of Zone 2.
"SET" Status for Zone 2, which includes the city of Stanley.
"READY" Status for Zone 3 and the Casino Area.

Below is a map to showing the zones.