The Cameron Peak Fire has damaged some structures along Colo. 14, emergency managers reported Saturday morning.
An emergency notification went out around 10 a.m. that said new structure damage was confirmed along the highway between the Fish Hatchery and Rustic.
“The fire is still too active for the assessment team to access the area. Notifications to owners will be made as soon as assessments are complete,” the announcement stated.
In a Saturday morning update, fire planning operations trainee Cory Carlson said the fire remained at 111,114 acres after about 6,000 acres of growth on Friday.
With the additional burn area, containment was reduced to 25%. The sections considered contained are mainly along the west and east sides of the burn area.
Carlson reported fire spotted across the Colo. 14 corridor Friday above the Fish Hatchery. “That spot got established fairly quickly and with the winds pretty much blew parallel with the 14 road and then made a turn,” he said.
After the fire moved east parallel to 14, it turned northward and hit 171 Road system, an area where firefighters had been putting in line, Carlson said.
Looking at the fire map, he pointed to the unburned area near where the fire had moved Friday.
“There’s still a lot of unburned stuff here, we’re going to have to deal with this today. With the high winds again and critical fire weather it’s going to be fairly challenging.”
The fire in the northern thumb pushed to the east Friday, and some spots got over the Manhattan Road that firefighters were working to extinguish Saturday.
“They should be able to get that stuff picked up this morning fairly quickly,” Carlson said
Fire has not gotten established east of Manhattan Road, he added.
He said fire managers are concerned about the unburned section between the thumb and the northern edge of the main fire area.
“We’ll be super busy today. We’ll be super challenged with the weather and the wind, but we’re going to give it everything we’ve got in there today,” Carlson said.
Elsewhere in the burn area, fire was reported active above Comanche Reservoir, where crews were monitoring it and heavy equipment was continuing to work to protect values at risk there, he said.
Wind on Friday also produced active fire at the end of Long Draw Road, outside the fire perimeter, which put off smoke, but did not move, Carlson said, adding firefighters would continue to evaluate and try to hit from air on Saturday.
Carlson said around rest of perimeter, firefighters are keeping the fire in check.
10 biggest fires in Colorado history
With Friday’s growth, the Cameron Peak Fire became the third-largest wildfire in Colorado history.
The top 10 fires are:
- 2020 Pine Gulch, near Grand Junction — 139,007 acres, no deaths, caused by lightning — This fire is active.
- 2002 Hayman — 137,760 acres, five firefighter deaths, 133 homes burned and 600 total structures destroyed, arson caused.
- 2020 Cameron Peak, Larimer County — 111,114 acres — This fire is active.
- 2013 West Fork Complex — 109,049 acres, lightning caused.
- 2018 Spring Creek, Costilla and Huerfano counties — 108,045 acres, damaged or destroyed at least 251 homes, human caused.
- 2012 High Park, Larimer County — 87,250 acres, killed one person, destroyed 248 homes, lightning caused.
- 2002 Missionary Ridge, near Durango — 71,739 acres, one firefighter death after tree fall, burned 46 houses and cabins.
- 2018 416, 13 miles north of Durango — 52,778 acres.
- 2008 Bridger, Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site — 46,612 acres.
- 2012 Last Chance grassland, eastern Colorado — 44,000 acres.
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