Information from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit
With fire crews and engines working hard last night, additional crews arriving
today and aerial support with a helicopter and single engine air tankers, good
progress was made on area wildland fires.
Cold Fire
The Cold
Fire is eight acres and 90%
contained with 100% containment expected this evening by 10 p.m. The Green
River interagency fire crew, Moffat County engine and water tender will remain
on the fire and reinforce fireline tomorrow.
The incident is on private land four miles south of the Wyoming border
and one and one half miles east of the Utah border in northwest Moffat County in
the Cold Springs area. No injuries
reported. No structures involved.
Cedar Knob Fire
Cedar Knob
Fire is 1,150 acres and 25%
contained. Assigned to the fire today
are: two 20-person hand crews, Juniper Valley and Los Diablo; six engines,
Moffat County and Bureau of Land Management; and one Moffat County water tender
and two bulldozers. A helicopter
supporting the crews dropped 47 buckets loads of water at 120 gallons each
today cooling hot spots and areas along the fire perimeter.
Estimated
containment is July 12. The Cedar Knob Fire started on private land 10 miles
southwest of Maybell off MCR 57 near Jacobs Draw and burned on to BLM
lands. The public is asked to avoid that
area for safety concerns with active fire bumping the roads and emergency
response traffic.
Twin Butte Fire
The Twin
Butte Fire is fire 10 miles
east of the Utah border in Rio Blanco County east of Oil Spring Mountain on BLM
land. Fire personnel assigned to this incident have a line around the fire and
are mopping up. One engine and four smokejumpers are assigned to the incident. The size is estimated to be one quarter acre.
Current Fire Danger Conditions
Fire danger
is high in Moffat and Rio Blanco counties and moderate in Routt, Jackson, and
Grand counties. Even though there was
moisture received in northwest Colorado over the weekend, conditions remain dry
and vegetation is very receptive to any ignition source. Stage II Fire Restrictions remain in effect
across northwest Colorado. For a
statewide listing of fire restrictions visit: http://www.coemergency.com/p/fire-ban-info.html
Contact:
Lynn Barclay 970-826-5096
Fire Information Line: 970-826-5108
