(Cameron Peak Fire)
By Nia Bender
COLORADO – Extremely dry conditions coupled with incredibly high temperatures caused The Cameron Peak Fire in western Larimer County to blow up in size over the weekend. A giant smoke plume could be seen for miles in northern Colorado and if you didn’t see that, you can’t miss the heavy smoke and raining ash across the Front Range.
The fire started on August 13th, west of Chambers Lake. It’s 25-miles East of Walden and 15-miles southwest of Red Feather Lakes. Additional evacuations were made by the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office for residents along Highway 14 from the fish hatchery to Kelly Flats and for residents on Pingree Park Rd.
Fire crews are expecting the fire activity to increase again today. A full list of fire activity, road closures and evacuations can be found here.
(Cameron Peak Fire)
(Pine Gulch Fire)
The Pine Gulch Fire continues to burn north of Grand Junction. The state’s largest wildfire in its history astarted back on July 31st, and it’s burned through 139,007 acres. It’s currently 87% contained. Roughly 405-firefighters are on the fire lines.
(Pine Gulch Fire)
(Grizzly Creek Fire)
The Grizzly Creek Fire is still burning near Glenwood Springs. Roughly 402-firefighters are battling the flames and there was no fire growth for the eighth day Sunday. 32, 464 acres have burned and the fire is now 83% contained.
Adverse weather conditions can close I-70 through Glenwood Canyon in a heartbeat, so make sure to check CDOT’s website for travel issues statewide. Click here for the CoTrip site.
