The rain that came through Southwest Louisiana on Sunday night helped firefighting efforts happening in Beauregard Parish. 

Pete Myers, operations section chief of the Southern Area Red Type One Incident Management Team, spoke to this relief during a morning update on the Tiger Island Fire he gave on Facebook on Monday, August 28.

“We had some thunderstorms move in, kinda capped the fire, kinda calmed everything down.”

The storms brought light rain “across the majority of the fire area,” he said.

“When I’m saying light rain, just enough to kind of wet the dust on the road.”

While only a portion of the rainfall pushed through the tree canopy and onto the ground, it raised humidity levels significantly, which helped calm fire activity.

He stated that overnight, 7 engines and 2 dozers patrolled the fire.

The west side of the fire close to Merryville, “Division Foxtrot”, was “not active at all.” 

Myers stated that other than small glows, there was no active fire or fire movement. 

The north quadrant, near Nichols-Sibley Rd., was also quiet with minimal activity.

“Division Juliette ” along Schuetz Rd, was also subdued.

“The cloud cover and that light rain really helped us in the fire by making it stand down, no movement last night. The weather last night really helped us with our firefighting out here.”

They conducted patrolling throughout the night. On Sunday, there were concerns of hot spots east of Schuetz Rd. However, recon in the area found that there were no new spots or activity.

“Last night’s operations were a successful one due to firefighters on the ground and also the weather that we had moving in.”