Investigators also learned the injured dog was often out of its yard, which was reportedly verified by several independent sources, according to Monday's news release.
Stuart Nelson with Albany County School District No. 1 says while LJHS and LHS are on lockout, things at the junior high are "a little tighter," with people being escorted as they enter the building.
According to a Monday morning news release from fire managers, firefighters including a hot shot crew were at the fire scouting and preparing to create a landing area for helicopters.
The goal of fire managers is full suppression of the flames, but given the nature of the fuel -- dense, standing beetle-killed timber -- direct attack by ground crews is simply too dangerous an undertaking in most areas.