By Shannon Lukens.
Photos courtesy Karina Browning.
A mandatory evacuation was given to Craig residents in the area of 9th and 13th streets, when a house caught on fire Sunday afternoon. Here’s Sgt. Nicholas Cordova with the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office.
“We do not know the cause of the initial fire right now. Once we have that information, we will release it. It is now considered a wildland fire because it spread to grass areas in the area.”
Ground and air assets worked on containing the fire. Residents were eventually allowed back in their homes. One firefighter was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation. Updates on this fire will be on the Facebook pages for the Moffat County Sheriff’s Office and Craig Police.
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The Lee and Elk fires continue in Rio Blanco County. The Facebook page for the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office is updating any evacuations. Current conditions are on the Facebook page called Elk and Lee Fire Information.
The Lee Fire started Aug. 2 as a lightning strike on BLM land in the Piceance area. That fire grew to over 106,672 acres in eight days. The Lee fire is about 11 miles southwest of Meeker and about 6% contained as of Sunday afternoon.
Lightning also started the Elk Fire on Aug. 2. Sunday afternoon had it burning 14,635 acres and about 9% contained.
The Twelve Fire is closer to containment at 80% as of Sunday afternoon. About 4,287 acres burned along Hwy 40 in the Elk Springs area of west Moffat County. This is about five miles northwest of Dinosaur.
Information on the Twelve Fire
Stage 2 Fire Restrictions are in effect for all in our listening area.
Also, these fire conditions are changing constantly. We will try to keep you updated.
For latest on evacuation notices and to sign up for reverse 911 for your county follow.
- Rio Blanco County: https://rioblancoalerts.genasys.com/portal/en
- Garfield County Register for Alerts: https://garco911.com/emergency-notification-system/
- Garfield County Incident Updates and Subscribe to emails: https://www.garfieldcounty.net/
Check travel in the area at CoTrip.org, which is the Colorado Department of Transportation. Look for the Explore the Map tab. Highway 13 between Meeker and Rifle has been closed.
Range Riders have found another dead steer in Pitkin County. We have reports that local CPW agents confirmed that it is a wolf kill. We asked for confirmation from CPW who said the Confirmed Gray Wolf Depredation website will be updated when they have it confirmed by CPW Staff, when the investigation is complete.
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