Increasing by nearly 2,000 acres, the Cameron Peak Fire northwest of Fort Collins is now burning at 22,845 acres and still standing at 0% containment.
As Tom Barter, operations section chief trainee with the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team, originally said Wednesday, the behavior of the fire has made it difficult for firefighters to access the fire’s edge safely to perform direct suppression actions. A release early Thursday morning said a big part of this danger not only comes from the behavior of the fire itself, but also the steep terrain and a high percentage of dead and dying trees.
As of now, the fire has not damaged any structures, facilities or infrastructure, and the cause is still under investigation.
One of the three reported wildfires southwest of Ted’s Place in Fort Collins continued to burn into Thursday, but has been completely contained.
Cameron Peak Fire
While the fire grew to nearly 23,000 acres Thursday, fire crews were still unable to battle the blaze directly. Activity Thursday was similar to that of Wednesday, according to the Thursday update. Teams continued working in different sectors to create indirect contingency lines in preparation for if the fire were to grow farther out, as well as assess and prep structures.
Meg Cicciarella, a public information officer with the fire team, said one of the difficulties with the finding and creation of these potential lines comes from the land itself.
“The terrain is very steep and very rocky and scouting where they can put lines in and then tying them together, it is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle where all the pieces are white,” Cicciarella said. “It has been (an) awfully challenging job. And they have more to do, they are just in the middle of it.”
The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office also put out an update this afternoon through Twitter regarding additional credential issuing opportunities for the week of Aug. 31 through Sept. 4 for those who have been evacuated. The Larimer County website explained that credentials are important in speeding up the process of post-fire reentry for those evacuated once they can return.
According to the LCSO, credentials will be issued only to residents and property owners from the communities of Red Feather Lakes, Crystal Lakes and those in current evacuation areas.
Those looking to get reentry credentials can get them at Cache La Poudre Middle School from Aug. 31 through Sept. 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 2-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
There have been no changes to evacuation orders as of yet.
Picnic Rock Fire 100% contained
The Picnic Rock Fire was the only wildfire of three new ones reported Wednesday afternoon that was still being battled Thursday.
By 9:09 p.m. Wednesday night, the Poudre Fire Authority had reported on Twitter that the fire was estimated to be at around 25% containment.
Thursday afternoon PFA tweeted that the fire, started by a lightning strike, had been 100% contained after reaching about two acres. PFA added that responders were leaving the area Thursday afternoon, and thanked the LCSO for the assistance.
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