Kirk C. Watkins, Peak to Peak.
CalWood FireAcres burnt: 9978 burned
Total Contained: 24% contained
Structures: At
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Kirk C. Watkins, Peak to Peak.
CalWood Fire
Acres burnt: 9978 burned
Total Contained: 24% contained
Structures: At CalWood there are no reported damages structures. Also reported that the main priority at this point is to clear refrigerators in order to not attract bears. The food left in the houses will start to rot, which will bring bear activity into the areas without power. Also, the hard freeze forecast for Sunday morning, according to Weather.com, will be a concern for residents, so hopefully people will be let in to weatherize their homes. Still not officially decided.
Balarat using favorable conditions to perform controlled burns.
Can be seen on Calwood Fire Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/calwoodfire
Lefthand Canyon Fire
Acres burnt: 460 acres burnt
Total Contained: 43% contained
Structures: The majority of the containment is on the Southern side of the fire area.
Full night shift for both fires in case of any fire activity overnight. High winds forecast until early Thursday morning. There are no escorted access into evacuated areas until possibly Thursday.
Ward reports power restored, and some residents have returned. Not corroborated, just word from people at hotel. Red Cross still processing evacuees at Nederland Community Center, and there is food available as well. Boulder Creek is full, 23 / 23 rooms, and some people are being sent to other local hotels.
All of this information can be found at BouloderOEM website: https://bouldercounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=13ab214fe2bb4da5a850df0ca0f00fc5
A lot, if not most of the smoke tonight came from the Troublesome fire in Grand County.
Emergency evacuation orders have taken place today as the fire has blown up due to high winds.
Troublesome Fire
Acres Burned: 19086 Acres
Total Containment: 10% contained
https://www.skyhinews.com/news/east-troublesome-fire-burning-over-19000-acres-in-kinney-creek-area/
Since the condition are changing rapidly, some of the information may not match updated figures. Best to access websites to verify, but to my knowledge this information is up to date as of 22:43, Wednesday, October 21.