![]() When the fire runs high, above 10,000 feet, it runs out of fuels and slows or burns itself out. On Tuesday afternoon, the fire made a “run” along a mountain top on the northwest side, Surber said. Firefighters worked late into the night Monday in establishing the line. The Grizzly Creek fire grew roughly 2,000 acres and is now burning 27,269 acres as of Tuesday night, or about 42 square miles, with 4% containment, fire officials said Tuesday in a news release.įire crews have established a containment line along the bottom of the No Name drainage, toward Interstate 70, to prevent the fire from running up a mountain side, said Jeff Surber, operations section chief, in a Tuesday evening Facebook briefing. Residents on Tuesday saw more smoke columns, with significant smoke in some places.įire officials on Monday night said it could be several weeks before the area sees some relief.Įditor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Pine Gulch fire was the fourth largest (87,788 acres) in state history at the time of publication. The fire on Monday “became more active than desired,” officials said, with about 100 acres crossing a control line in the Mud Creek area. Even smaller fuels in the area have 2% moisture content, fire officials said. A piece of paper measures at about 6% moisture content - and the wood being consumed by the flames is at 8%. ![]() ![]() “Fire behavior will likely be active and challenging again today as winds continue to align with drainages and burn in areas containing critically dry fuels,” fire officials said Tuesday in a news release.įor a look at just how dry it is out there, officials pointed to the moisture of the heavy logs in the Pine Gulch area. A pre-evacuation order was issued for residents in the areas of County Road 205, Kimball Mountain Road and CR 256 in between Kimball Mountain Road and Browns Point.ĭeputies notified area residents of the “possible need for an evacuation.” “This fire expansion could adversely affect area residents,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. The Colorado River Basin is at 67% of the average and the Western Slope, including a large portion of Grand County, is experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu Heading into this wildfire seasons, conditions are similar if not worse compared to last year. There were also major fires in Glenwood Canyon, near Boulder and outside Grand Junction, but north of Grand County, the Cameron Peak Fire burned more than 200,000 acres, making it the largest ever recorded in Colorado. The East Troublesome Fire torched over 192,000 acres and the Williams Fork Fire burned for months over almost 15,000 acres. The two biggest fires in Grand in 2020 - the East Troublesome Fire and Williams Fork Fire - were both determined to have been human-caused, though their exact causes remain under investigation. Last year, there were two major forest forest fires in Grand County and numerous smaller ones. So far, this is the third wildfire in Grand County this season. The early season wildfire has many people wondering what this this summer will bring. For the latest closure information, go to fs./goto/arp/knowbefore. Closures remain in place following last year’s Williams Fork and East Troublesome fires.
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