Cameron Peak Fire

Friday 8/21/2020 10:00 a.m.

Fire Info Line: 970-541-1008 Summary: Media Info Line: 970-541-0563 Call Center Hours 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The grew to 16,602 acres Thursday and remains a Email: full suppression fire. No structures or facilities have been damaged, and [email protected] no firefighter injuries have been reported. The southwest corner of the fire received a slight amount of moisture Fire start date: 8/13/2020 yesterday, which is expected to help moderate fire behavior in the Cameron Pass and Long Draw Road areas. Fire size today: 16,602 acres Forecasters are calling for sunny skies today with temperatures in the Containment: 0% upper 70s to lower 80s and northwesterly winds of 10 to 15 mph, gusting to 20 mph in the afternoon. Relative humidity will be 10 – 15%. Location: 25 miles east of Walden, The fire has burned to timberline in areas of the Rawah Wilderness. Fire CO and 15 miles southwest of Red managers are monitoring fire behavior there to verify that fire will not Feather Lakes continue burning into high alpine vegetation.

Personnel: 646, with additional Heavy equipment and hand crews continue to widen road corridors resources ordered working west to east from the 103 road to Crystal Lakes and Red Feather Lakes. Preparations along the Manhattan Road are largely Cause: Unknown complete. Work progresses in the Pingree Park area where crews are clearing vegetation along existing trails and roads to connect with alpine Management: areas that are expected to limit further spread of the fire. As this indirect Rocky Mountain Type 2 Blue Team control line construction continues, crews are also exploring additional opportunities for potential control lines closer to the fire. Air Operations: 7- Type 1 Helicopters Closures 2- Type 2 Helicopter Highway 14 is closed from Rustic to Gould. There is heavy 1- Type 3 Helicopter fire traffic through the as crews access the fire area.

Evacuations and alerts: Larimer County has implemented mandatory and voluntary evacuation Text LCEVAC to 888777 for orders around the fire area and the forest has implemented a large evacuation updates or visit: closure area around the fire. The Canyon Lakes Ranger District is under https://nocoalert.org/ Stage 2 fire restrictions. Visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd781358.pdf Air quality information: to learn more. Rocky Mountain National Park has implemented a https://www.airnow.gov/ complete fire ban and an area closure. For information see https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/fire-information-and-regulations.htm.

Incident Information: http://www.inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6964/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CameronPeakFire Twitter: https://twitter.com/usfsclrd