Firefighters continue to fight the Cedar Fire in eastern Arizona, near the communities of Show Low and Pinetop Lakeside.

As of Thursday morning, the fire has burned more than 45,000 acres and is 24 percent contained.

Katy Gray is a fire information official. She says crews have faced several challenges along the way. "It's still hot, it’s still dry, we have wind conditions that change every day," she says. "So today the winds are going to be changing to more of a westerly wind...the fuels are very dry out there."

Gray says there are more than 900 hundred people working the fire, which includes 26 crews and 51 engines. Pre-evacuation orders for the surrounding communities remain in effect.