West
Fork Complex Special Fire Update
Rocky Mountain Incident
Management Team- Pete Blume, Incident Commander
Central Coast Interagency
Incident Management Team 7 – Mark Nunez, Incident Commander
East Zone Phone: 719-569-4149
West Zone Phone: 970-731-2432
Hours of operation: 8:00 am –
9:00 pm
East Zone Email: WestForkFire.EastZone@gmail.com
West Zone Email: westforkfire@gmail.com
July 3, 2013
8 pm
Fire Activity Increases on Papoose Fire
Fire activity increased today
in the southeast corner of Papoose, burning heavily in beetle-killed spruce and
old logging slash. Smoke and ash was
observed in Pagosa Springs. Sustained
winds at 20 miles per hour, from the north and northwest, pushed the fire into
Copper Creek, west of Red Mountain Ranch.
With the wind and low humidity, extreme fire behavior prevailed. The fire was burning deep into the interior
and was not a threat to structures. As
long as the fire continues to burn in these stands of dead spruce, smoke will
be more typical.
Smoke monitors are in place in Pagosa Springs, Freemon’s
Ranch, Creede, and South Fork. The
monitors are identified as #78 (Creede), #69 (Freemon’s Ranch), #25 (South
Fork), and #65 (Pagosa Springs). All
monitors can be accessed through the map located at: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/smoke.pl.
Times displayed are in GMT – subtract 6 hours to get local time (MDT). For the official Colorado Smoke Outlook,
please visit http://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colo_advisory.aspx
and http://www.colorado.gov/airquality/wildfire.aspx
for further health advisory information.
Places
to get information:
Twitter:
@rmt1pio
Information Boards: Information is posted at the
Pagosa Springs Visitor Information Center, Freemon's Ranch near Creede, the
Forest Service office in Creede, and at the Del Norte High School.
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