Banner Peak Fire
Time Reported: 6/22/2024 1:43 pm
- Size: .5 acres
- Location: Jefferson County, South Platte RD, 1.3 Miles Southeast of Pine, CO
- Jurisdiction: US Forest Service
- Resources: US Forest Service engines
- Containment: 100% 6/22/24 @ 8:30pm
- Controlled: 6/26/24 @ 12:37am for .5acre
- Structures Threatened: None
- Evacuation: None
- Closures: None
- Cause: Lightning
- Fuels: Isolated single trees torching and smoldering with low spread potential. Resources are on scene actively engaged in suppressing the fire.
- #BannerPeakFire_CO
Update 6/24/24 9:40am: Crews reported all containment lines continue to hold and they will continue to mop up hot spots today.
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Oak Ridge Fire
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Time Reported: 6/22/2024 8:59 am
- Size: 213 acres
- Location: Pueblo County, 3 Mile Northwest of Beulah, CO, San Carlos Ranger District
- Jurisdiction: US Forest Service
- Resources: USFS Pikes Peak Hotshot Crew, engines, hand crews and type three helicopter engaging in incident & establishing ground access to fire.
- Containment:
- Controlled:
- Structures Threatened: None
- Evacuation: Pueblo County Sheriff's office has issued a MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR MIDDLE CREEK CANYON ROAD in the Beulah Area due to the #OakridgeFire. All residents should leave now.
A reception center is being set up at the Pueblo County Parks and Recreation Building at 1543 Cooper Place in the Salt Creek neighborhood.
PRE-EVACUATION notice in effect for residents on Vine Mesa, Cascade Ave., Pine Ave and Beulah Highlands Road. Be ready to evacuate if needed. - Closures: None
- Cause: Unknown
- Fuels: fire is smoldering & creeping in understory of mix conifer
- #OakRidgeFire_CO
Update 6/24/24 5:08 pm: New updated acreage for the fire is 213. There will be a media briefing at 5:30pm at media staging located at the Beulah School, 8743 Schoolhouse Lane. Representatives from the USFS, Pueblo County Sheriff's Office and Beulah Fire will give a brief update on the fire.
Update: 6/24/24 3:20 pm: There has been an increase in fire behavior today on the Oak Ridge Fire and it has grown to 170 acres which was mapped using the Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control's Multi Mission Aircraft (MMA). Due to the increase in fire behavior, steep rugged terrain, and firefighter safety, crews have disengaged and are re-evaluating the situation.
Pueblo County Sheriff's office has issued a MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR MIDDLE CREEK CANYON ROAD in the Beulah Area due to the #OakridgeFire. All residents should leave now. A reception center is being set up at the Pueblo County Parks and Recreation Building at 1543 Cooper Place in the Salt Creek neighborhood.
PRE-EVACUATION notice in effect for residents on Vine Mesa, Cascade Ave., Pine Ave and Beulah Highlands Road. Be ready to evacuate if needed.
Updates: 6/24/24 2:00pm The Oak Ridge Fire has grown to 30 acres, additional air resources have been ordered. Residents in Middle Creek Canyon are under a pre-evacuation notice. Please be ready to leave should things change.
Updates: 6/24/24 1:30pm - Fire activity has increased on the Oak Ridge fire. Crews have made it to the fires edge but have disengaged as they evaluate the best tactics. A type one helicopter has been ordered to assist in areal suppression. The fire is approximately 5 acres.
Updates: 6/24/24 1:30pm smoke shows an increase in fires behavior
Updates: 6/24/24 11:30am
Hotshot crew and other resources are working to gain access into the fires edge. They are constructing helistops to be used as medivac sites for firefighters. USFS type three helicopter continues engaging with water bucket drops to cool the fires edge.
Photo updates: 6/24/24 11:30am
Updates:
6/24/24 9:30am Retardant lines looking like they held over night this morning.
Updates:
6/23/24 9:30pmThe aircraft on the Oak Ridge Fire made good progress slowing or stopping fire progress with helicopter water bucket drops and retardant fire lines with large airtankers. Preparation for crews ingress and regress to staff the fire are still on going, such as heli-spot to fly out firefighters in case of injury. The Pike Hotshots have been ordered and will arrive tomorrow.
Photo taken before sunset 6/23/24
Updates:
6/23/24 4:30pm - A type 1 and a type 3 helicopter are still doing bucket drops on the Oak Ridge Fire. There was four Large Airtanker missions for the fire dropping fire retardant. An Air Attack platform managing the airspace over the incident.
Updates:
6/23/24 1:00pm - A type 1 and a type 3 helicopter are currently engaged in bucket drops on the Oak Ridge Fire. There is also a Air Attack platform managing the airspace over the incident. Fire activity remains creeping and smoldering in steep terrain. A Multi Mission Aircraft (MMA) has mapped the fire at 1.5 acres. A large air tanker has also been ordered to put retardant around the fire so then ground crews can engage the fire safely. The plan is for the ground fighters to hike on to the fire after the retardant drops.
Updates:
6/22/24 5:00pm - Aerial resources are currently engaging in bucket drops over the Oak Ridge Fire. Fire activity remains creeping and smoldering in steep terrain.
6/22/24 5:00pm bucket drops being conducted on the Oak Ridge Fire
6/22/24 10:00am Smoke visible this morning on the Oak Ridge Fire
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