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As of Friday, the Cameron Peak Fire was reported to be 22,971 acres, growing just over 125 acres from the previous measurement reported Thursday.
There were 730 personnel involved in firefighting efforts, the same as reported Thursday, according to an update on the incident command InciWeb website that tracks wildfires across the United States. The fire remains at 0% containment.
Crews expected the fire to grow "on all flanks with wind and topography," including continued fire growth along Long Draw Road around Peterson Lake toward Rocky Mountain National Park, according to InciWeb's Friday update. Earlier this week, the incident command team said it estimated the fire was a mile or less from the park's edge.
"We are continuing to look for a place to move south toward Rocky Mountain National Park to cut that fire off and put in a line," Operations Section Chief Russ Long said during a Friday morning operational briefing.
Hand crews, engines and helicopters were responding to the fire Friday, Long said.
Firefighting efforts continue to be largely indirect due to fire behavior and concerns for firefighter safety, Long said, but firefighters are directly engaging the fire to protect homes along Colorado Highway 14.
"All of the homes have been successfully saved, and the fire continues to creep and burn along the canyon and firefighters keep up with it, treating each structure as it moves along," Long said. "That’s going very well."
Crews were expected to complete structure protection efforts from Stub Creek to Four Corners on Friday. Structure mitigation efforts from the fish hatchery to the east of Colorado 14, toward Poudre Canyon Fire Protection District Station 2, was also planned to continue.
Structure protection efforts along Pingree Park Road have been completed, according to Friday's update.
Widespread thunderstorms and showers were expected in the burn area Friday and Saturday, according to InciWeb. Although there were thunderstorms in the area Thursday, there were no reports of precipitation falling on the fire, planning operations section chief trainee Tom Barter said in a nighttime briefing Thursday.
The fire, which was first reported Aug. 13, began between Chambers Lake and Cameron Peak and is burning primarily in the Roosevelt National Forest about 15 miles directly southwest of Red Feather Lakes, 25 miles east of Walden and 35 miles west of Fort Collins.
Its cause remains under investigation.
Coloradoan reporter Kelly Lyell contributed to this report.
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