Massive series of fires up North here. Nobody cares though since its not near Denver.

[HBARleatherneck]

I notice if there is a 1 acre fire near Denver the news is all over it. There will probably be nothing about this event. Hopefully nobody here lost anything. Lots of pasture lost. That will hurt a bunch of ranchers. Lots of wheat burned too. Hopefully the farmers were insured, but that isnt always the case. Lots of fencing and other materials lost.
We just came back from a massive series of fires. There were agencies from Briggsdale, Pawnee, New Raymer, Sterling, Logan County, Morgan County, Wiggins, state, Forest Service, out of state Kimball county, Pine Bluffs, etc. Probably more agencies than that. Asking for air drops too. Fires were all over from East of Grover to the outskirts of Sterling. From near the State line to the North to just north of Wiggins. The lightning strikes were constant. Fires just kept popping up. The super strong wind would change directions every few minutes in the complete opposite direction. All the while we are getting calls for downed powerlines across the north area.

Anyway. No real good fire pics, but some super cell pics. (from a cell phone so not great like hatidua)

[colorider]

One burning in Evergreen as well.

[GilpinGuy]

One burning in Evergreen as well.

Yeah, not looking good.

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/07/1...nt-butte-fire/

[BPTactical]

Awesome pics and thanks.
I was up in the Medicine Bow this weekend and you could see the haze.

Stay safe up there HBAR.

[Irving]

That's a great picture of that super cell.

[CS1983]

Stay safe! Let us know if you all need anything.

[buffalobo]

Needed more bodies and equipment. I followed on scanner for long time. Those guys were bustin azz. They would get one put out and haul azz to help another crew.

Thanks HBAR

[TheGrey]

I had NO idea- thanks for the photos and the reports, HBAR! Stay safe.

[encorehunter]

We have been lucky so far. We have had several lightening strikes as well. We have also had people throwing out cigarettes or dragging a chain. The last two series of chain dragging started 4 fires each over 1/2-3/4 mile.

Stay safe. We are going back up for deployment on the 15th.

[theGinsue]

Y'all be safe up there and thanks for what you folks do. I got encircled in a pasture fire back when I was in High School and now have no desire to ever have to del with fire again (aside from a well managed camp fire).