Grizzly Creek Fire August 20, 2020 Update

Grizzly Creek Fire Inciweb Great Basin IMT

*Community Facebook live meeting tonight 8/20/20 @6pm Fire Situation: https://www.facebook.com/GrizzlyCreekFireCO Grizzly Creek Fire – 29,732 acres

Yesterday’s Activity: Yesterday, a new start, the Red Canyon Fire, erupted in Start Date: Aug. 10 Garfield county triggering evacuations for residents in the south east portion of the county. Initial attack by air and ground resources was mobilized, and the fire Location: was held to approximately 60 acres. All evacuations were lifted for the Red Containment: 4% Canyon fire Wednesday evening. Additionally, Buck Point residents effected by the Grizzly Fire were downgraded from evacuation to pre-evacuation status. Resources: Yesterday, the weather over the fire had some precipitation with lightning. Hand Crews: 20 Helicopters: 17 On the Grizzly Creek Fire in No Name Creek was still moving at the top of the Engines: 43 drainage, and also active along the east edge of Grizzly Creek. Fire line along Water Tenders: 7 Transfer Trail to Windy Point neared completion. On the north west side of the Dozers 12 fire, additional mechanized equipment was brought in to bolster efforts there. Feller bunchers and other logging equipment Fire is beginning to reach the tops of the drainages to the north east, where it can Total Personnel: 820 be actively engaged. Fire activity from Coffee Pot to I-70 was held in place. In Bair Creek, the fire was active from Ike ridge to Upper Spruce Creek ridge. On InciWeb: the south side, the fire continued to progress through unburned fuels, filling in https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6942/ pockets. Near Lookout Mountain there was minimal fire progression. Lookout Facebook: Mountain Park is still being evaluated for contingency lines. https://www.facebook.com/GrizzlyCreekF ireCO Today’s Activity: Today, the chance of precipitation and lightning increases with Twitter: @fire_grizzly concerns for potential debris flow in Glenwood Canyon. Firefighters will Fire Information Line: continue with building direct and indirect fire line around the fire perimeter. The (970) 930-1850 structure protection unit will continue work in No Name and Bair Ranch. Crews Media Line: will also be finishing up work at the 60 acres Red Canyon fire today. (970) 930-1089 Office Hours: 7am-10pm Daily operations video updates will be posted on the Grizzly Creek Fire facebook page. Maps and other information will also be posted on inciweb at Email: [email protected] https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6942/.

Evacuations: Please go to Garfield County website at www.Garfield-county.com and Eagle County at www.ecemergency.org, as well as on official Facebook. Road Closures: I-70 continues to be closed between Glenwood Springs (MP 116) and Gypsum (MP 133), with no estimated time for reopening. Forest Service Road 400, Eagle-Thomasville Road, is closed due to excessive traffic and accidents resulting from drivers attempting to use this primarily dirt road as an alternate to the I-70 closure. Cottonwood Pass Road in Garfield and Eagle counties. Coffee Pot Road, and Transfer Trail roads and areas of the Flattops accessed by those roads are also closed, as well as many surrounding White River National Forest and BLM roads. For more information regarding road closures: www.cotrip.org

Area Closures: BLM recreation sites and boat ramps on the southern portion of the River Road (RD 301) near Dotsero, Colorado. Specifically, Cottonwood Landing boat ramp, Lyons campground and boat ramp, and Dotsero boat ramp.

Fire Restrictions: Stage 2 Fire Restrictions are in place for all jurisdictions. https://colorado.gov/pacific/dfpc/fire-restriction- information

A temporary flight restriction is in place over the fire area. If you fly, we can’t http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/