Air Quality: Air Quality Health Advisories may be issued in areas near the Pine Gulch and Grizzly Creek fires. The V 2/10 Rd. UAS has been a highly successful tool on the Pine Gulch Fire, reducing the need for hand ignitions and thus limiting firefighter exposure. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Resource Advisors will work with crews to direct efforts, and today these efforts will begin in the SE corner of the fire in Division A. Current Situation: Yesterday, most of the observed fire activity was interior burning of unburned fuels that posed no threat to containment lines. CO-139 Douglas Pass north of Loma from mile marker 6 to mile marker 39. The Grand County sheriff confirmed late Friday that an elderly couple who'd refused to evacuate their home as the East Troublesome fire advanced on Grand Lake this week perished in the wildfire. Pine Gulch. Kieran Nicholson covers breaking news for The Denver Post. Winds are forecast from the southwest at 5-8 mph with gusts up to 17. Grand Junction Field OfficeBureau of Land Management2815 H Road Grand Junction Colorado 81506CO, Pine Gulch Fire InformationEmail: 2020.PineGulch@firenet.govPhone: 970-628-0130Hours: 8am - 8pm, Media ContactEmail: MediaPineGulch@gmail.comPhone: 970-812-3706Hours: 8am-8pm, Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team - Dan Dallas, Incident Commander. At the Division B/A break, crews completed burning operations overnight, bringing fire down toward the old Hunter Fire burn scar. There is an increasing chance for thunderstorms and moisture in the coming days. Today, crews in Divisions K, Z, and A will patrol and monitor as well as backhaul unneeded equipment including structure protection equipment near homes on the Roan Creek Rd. Heavy equipment operators and hand crews are still preparing roads in Divisions F and L, and firefighters are identifying values at risk and assessing for protection needs. The entire fire edge is holding well from here moving east and south, through Division Z, and down to the bottom of Division A. There is a small chance of thunderstorms developing to the west after 2 p.m., which could produce outflow winds up to 20 mph. Current Situation: There is a small chance of thunderstorms developing to the west after 2 p.m. today, which could produce outflow winds up to 20 mph and cause active fire behavior. August 19, 2020 - 10 a.m. Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team - Dan Dallas, Incident Commander. The fire is burning very actively near Garfield Mesa and the V … Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Wildfires are a No Drone Zone. The Pine Gulch fire expanded past 58,000 acres Wednesday evening as it quickly becomes one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history. Closures: Roan Creek Road (204) at North Dry Fork (200). The Pine Gulch fire expanded past 58,000 acres Wednesday evening as it quickly becomes one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history. There is a 10% chance of wetting rain. UPDATE (Aug. 15, 4:04 p.m.): Fire activity has picked up on the southwestern portion of the Pine Gulch Fire due to a wind shift. BLM lands north of Loma, Fruita, Grand Junction, and Palisade. Weather and smoke allowing, aircraft will support these efforts of firefighters on the ground. Click markers for details, use buttons to change what wildfires are shown. A smoke outlook for the Pine Gulch Fire is available where this update is posted and at https://fires.airfire.org/outlooks/WesternColorado. For more information: www.garfieldcounty.net. Air Quality: Air Quality Health Advisories may be issued in areas near the Pine Gulch and Grizzly Creek fires. Strategic burning operations have been successful over the past several days, and these operations will be vital moving forward as firefighters work to limit the spread of the Pine Gulch Fire. Evacuations: Garfield County: 4A Ridge Road (256), Salt Wash (205), King Road (258), Clear Creek Road (211), Carr Creek Road (207), Kimball Creek Road (202). Nicholson has covered a variety of beats including suburbs, courts, crime and general assignment. Maximum temperature is around 89 with 19-22% minimum relative humidity. The 21 Road north of the BLM boundary, 16 Road at V 8/10 Road, and the Q 5/10 Road is closed at 18 Rd. BLM closures in the fire area have been reduced, but some are still in effect: www.facebook.com/BLMColoradoFire. They began their work near some rock scree at the east end of the 266 Road and were able to bring fire approximately one mile west along the road. Mesa County alerts, please visit bit.ly/Emergency_Alerts. Firefighters were able to conduct successful operations Tuesday night, managing to prevent the flames from crossing Garfield 204 on the east side of the fire, Hartman said. August 22, 2020 – 9:30 a.m. Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team - Dan Dallas, Incident Commander. There are currently no pre-evacuations or evacuations in Mesa County: www.sheriff.mesacounty.us/FireInformation. log-in information and monitor our social media sites. At 58,836 acres, the Pine Gulch fire is now the sixth largest wildfire in state history, and the largest since the 416 fire burned 55,000 acres in 2018. Conditions allowing, firefighters will continue this operation today, working to bring fire west along the 266 Road and connect it to Hwy 139. 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Precision, patience, and deliberate action will be key as firefighters work to remove fuel ahead of the fire. The wildfire, burning 18 miles north of Grand Junction, remains 7% contained, Pine Gulch fire officials said on the incident website.

Low humidity and dry fuel make the conditions ripe for further growth Wednesday, Shawna Hartman, a fire spokeswoman, said. If you fly, we can’t. Firefighters monitoring Pine Gulch fire activity at night on Aug. 22, 2020. Please see: www.tinyurl.com/PineGulchBLM. Filter - control incident types displayed on map. MESA COUNTY, Colo. — More than 900 personnel are helping to fight the Pine Gulch Fire which, as of Tuesday morning, has grown to 134,999 acres with 47% containment. A smoke outlook for the Pine Gulch Fire is available where this update is posted and at https://fires.airfire.org/outlooks/WesternColorado. Fire above the retired mine near Hwy 139 has checked itself in natural barriers with no recent movement. Fire in Divisions Z and A has not moved further east for many days.

CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. The map shows active and contained wildfires for 2020. Pine Gulch Fire Update . www.sheriff.mesacounty.us/FireInformation, https://fires.airfire.org/outlooks/WesternColorado, Pine Gulch Fire Update, Friday, August 28 (pdf 158 kb). Please see: www.facebook.com/BLMColoradoFire. The 21 Road north of the BLM boundary, 16 Road at V 8/10 Road, and the Q 5/10 Road is closed at 18 Rd. The southwest side of the fire could again see a southerly wind. Any new fire starts in the vicinity still have significant potential for growth. Firefighting efforts on the Pine Gulch Fire have been highly successful; the fire is now 77% contained. As activity on the Pine Gulch Fire quickly diminishes, fire managers are rightsizing the organization to appropriately fit the current needs. Mesa County alerts, please visit bit.ly/Emergency_Alerts. The Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team will be transitioning command of the Pine Gulch Fire to the Southern Area Type 1 Red Team on Sunday morning, August 30.

Reported: July 31, approximately 5:15 p.m. Information Office: (970) 628-0130, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6906/, Facebook: https://facebook.com/PineGulchFireCO, Interactive Fire Map: https://arcg.is/W0izr Smoke Outlook: https://fires.airfire.org/outlooks/WesternColorado.

There is still heat in the fire’s edge on the south and southwest in Division B, and direct tactics are not a safe option in this topography. As the chance of rainfall increases, so does the threat of flash flooding and debris flow. For more information, visit http://knowbeforeyoufly.org. This area is steep and severe terrain that is accessible only by foot, so this work requires time and patience. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. at the 44 Rd, Coal Canyon Rd. The fire has burned 139,007 acres, or about 217 square miles, and is the largest wildfire in …