1118 Fire
Time Reported: 7/05/20 at 4:15 pm
- Size: 0.1 acres
- Location: Approx 8 miles SW of Westcliffe, CO
- Jurisdiction: USFS, CO.
- Resources: 1 fire module (small hand crew)
- Containment: 100%, 6:30 pm
- Controlled:
- Structures Threatened: N\A
- Evacuation: N/A
- Closures: none
- Cause: Lightning
- Fuels: Pine and Aspen
- #1118Fire_CO
Update 7/5/20 at 7 pm: Crews were able to hike in and construct fire line around the small lightning caused fire quickly containing it. The fire is 100% contained.
Turkey Track 5 Fire
Time Reported: 7/05/20 at 11:00 am
- Size: 0.2 acres
- Location: Turkey Track shooting area, Forest Road 343 approximately 9 miles N of Woodland Park
- Jurisdiction: USFS, CO.
- Resources: 2 Forest Service engines, 1 engine-Mountain Communities, 1 Water Tender
- Containment: 100%
- Controlled:
- Structures Threatened: N\A
- Evacuation: N/A
- Closures: none
- Cause: Human
- Fuels: grass, snags (standing dead trees)
- #TurkeyTrack5CO
Update 7/5/20 at 2 pm: Crews responded to a small grass fire in the Turkey Track shooting area and quickly stopped the forward spread of the fire. Crews constructed fireline around the fire and the fire is now 100% contained. There was a short closure of the area however the area is now open.
