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06-17-2012, 15:08
by eleven mile res.
http://www.gazette.com/news/fire-140405-fighters-lighting.html
The Gazette
Fire fighters responded to a small fire in Park County around 12:30 p.m. Sunday that was quickly reported as a blaze of up to 100 acres.
The fire between Lake George and Eleven Mile Reservoir has been dubbed the Springer Fire, said Ralph Bellah a spokesman for a federal fire dispatch center in Pueblo. The Forest Service reported at 2:30 p.m. that the fire had grown to as much as 100 acres and some evacuations were ordered in the area.
Smoke from the fire was visible in Colorado Springs.
Some cabins and a recreation area at the reservoir were being evacuated, Bellah said.
A team including more than 40 firefighters, one single engine air tanker, three fire engines and two helicopters have responded, he said.
One helicopter is dropping buckets of water and firefighters are rappelling from the second, he said.
The fire danger is high today because of high temperatures and 20 mph winds. The National Weather Service has issued a "Red Flag" warning for most of the high country.
The cause of the fire has not been determined. Bellah said firefighters suspect lighting after a Saturday storm brought lighting but no rain.
As the day goes on fire fighters expect to discover other lightning-sparked fires in the region, he said.
A resident of Eleven Mile Village, Frank Castro said he could see the fire as he was leaving town.
Castro said he saw at least 12 pick-up trucks with firefighters headed to the fire.
"It looked to be in an area where the terrain would be hard to get to," he said.
The plume of white smoke was about 100 yards wide, he said.
Castro said there have been some controlled burns in the area, but that the forest is tinder-dry. He's worried it wouldn't take long for the fire to spread
http://www.gazette.com/news/fire-140405-fighters-lighting.html
The Gazette
Fire fighters responded to a small fire in Park County around 12:30 p.m. Sunday that was quickly reported as a blaze of up to 100 acres.
The fire between Lake George and Eleven Mile Reservoir has been dubbed the Springer Fire, said Ralph Bellah a spokesman for a federal fire dispatch center in Pueblo. The Forest Service reported at 2:30 p.m. that the fire had grown to as much as 100 acres and some evacuations were ordered in the area.
Smoke from the fire was visible in Colorado Springs.
Some cabins and a recreation area at the reservoir were being evacuated, Bellah said.
A team including more than 40 firefighters, one single engine air tanker, three fire engines and two helicopters have responded, he said.
One helicopter is dropping buckets of water and firefighters are rappelling from the second, he said.
The fire danger is high today because of high temperatures and 20 mph winds. The National Weather Service has issued a "Red Flag" warning for most of the high country.
The cause of the fire has not been determined. Bellah said firefighters suspect lighting after a Saturday storm brought lighting but no rain.
As the day goes on fire fighters expect to discover other lightning-sparked fires in the region, he said.
A resident of Eleven Mile Village, Frank Castro said he could see the fire as he was leaving town.
Castro said he saw at least 12 pick-up trucks with firefighters headed to the fire.
"It looked to be in an area where the terrain would be hard to get to," he said.
The plume of white smoke was about 100 yards wide, he said.
Castro said there have been some controlled burns in the area, but that the forest is tinder-dry. He's worried it wouldn't take long for the fire to spread