On Thursday, the Cameron Peak Fire saw success in containment, while the East Troublesome Fire continued to grow after seeing significant overnight growth.
Evacuation orders went out for Estes Park and the surrounding Estes Valley through the day due to the approach of the East Troublesome Fire, congesting highways as residents left their homes.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered for the area from Peak View Drive on the north, west to Marys Lake Road, and south and east borders of Fish Creek Road; for the area from North St. Vrain Avenue south to Acacia Drive between Curry Drive and Fish Creek Road; and for the area from Fall River Road south to U.S. 36, between Elm Road and Wonderview Avenue.
Voluntary evacuations included for the eastern side of Estes Park bordered by Devils Gulch Road on the north, MacGregor Avenue on the west, Pierson Mountain on the south, and U.S. 34 and 36 on the east; and Colo. 7 from Lily Lake to Allenspark, stopping at the Larimer County line.
The evacuations caused massive lines of cars heading out of Estes Park eastbound along U.S 34 toward Loveland and on U.S. 36 toward Lyons. In Estes Park, photos and videos posted online showed cars lined up trying to evacuate under a dark orange sky.
The Loveland Police Department tweeted Thursday afternoon that the congestion had reached all the way to U.S. 34 and West Eisenhower due to all the cars trying to evacuate, and city officials asked Loveland residents to avoid the streets to make room for evacuees.
Rocky Mountain National Park was closed due to the fire, and Cameron Peak Fire officials reported on Facebook that the East Troublesome Fire had burned with three to four miles west of Bear Lake Road.
“We received a report this afternoon that the fire is hung up near The Pool near Fern Lake Trail,
the post stated, adding “High relative humidity and up-canyon fog has stopped forward progression at this time.”
Cameron Peak Fire does not grow throughout the day, some evacuations downgraded
The Cameron Peak Fire saw no growth during the day, maintaining at the 206,977 acres it reached Thursday morning. With favorable weather patterns hitting the fire, crews were able to increase containment to 57%.
The media team said that due to the cold front moving across the fire, teams were able to do more direct hand and bulldozer line work. Crews are also expecting weakened winds hitting the fire.
Work on the spot fire thrown out to the east near Masonville continued Thursday, and crews are anticipating having a line completed around the entire spot fire by Friday evening.
During the day Thursday, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office downgraded some mandatory evacuation areas around the Cameron Peak Fire. The Sheriff’s Office announced on Facebook Thursday that Road 25E in Redstone Canyon and the area from County Road 29 east to County Road 27 are now under voluntary evacuation.
Further evacuation information can be found at nocoalert.org.
East Troublesome Fire activity causes large-scale evacuations, becomes second largest Colorado wildfire
In a rate of stunning growth, the East Troublesome fire grew by nearly six times from Wednesday to Thursday. The fire was estimated at around 19,086 acres and 10% containment Wednesday night, but jumped to 125,602 acres and 5% containment by Thursday morning.
“It was really an amazing amount of fire spread yesterday,” said Incident Commander Noel Livingston during a Thursday morning briefing.
By Thursday evening, the fire had grown to 170,000 acres, becoming the second largest fire in Colorado history and only around 30,000 acres smaller than the Cameron Peak Fire.
This increased growth led to significant evacuation orders. Wednesday night, the entire town of Grand Lake was ordered to evacuate, some of them heading south to Granby and others making the trip to Estes Park over Trail Ridge Road in the dark and smoke. Evacuations from Estes Park followed on Thursday.
Between the Cameron Peak Fire and the East Troublesome Fire, more than 370,000 acres of land has burned in Northern Colorado.
Loveland engine driving up to Estes Park on Highway 34 at 2:38pm for the East Troublesome Fire. #EastTroublesomeFire #EstesPark pic.twitter.com/pyzh7GnLL7
— Loveland Fire Rescue Authority (@LovelandFRA) October 22, 2020
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