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Fire start date:   May 14, 2024

Fire size today:  5,699 acres

Location:  11 miles Northeast of Dolores, CO on Haycamp Mesa       

Personnel:  179     

 Cause:  Lightning

Containment: 38%

Evacuation Information:

There are no current evacuations. 

 Fire Area and Roads Closure:

https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/cosjf-2024-spruce-creek-co

Latest Smoke Outlook:

https://fire.airnow.gov/?aqi_v=2&m_ids=&pa_ids=%23

INCIDENT OBJECTIVES:

• Provide for firefighter and public safety throughout all phases of the incident
• Manage hazards to responders and the public using a risk-based approach to decision-making on a continual basis
• Protect critical values at risk
• Reduce the long-term risk to communities from future wildfire events

YESTERDAY’S OPERATIONS:

• Firefighters completed a multi-day firing operation yesterday afternoon, locking the fire within previously defined indirect boundaries along natural features and existing roads.

TODAY’S PLAN:

• Following completion of firing operations, fire crews will patrol and secure fireline. Unmanned Aerial Systems (drones) will provide aerial monitoring.
• Interior pockets of unburned fuel, such as pine needles, Gambel oak and dead and downed trees, are expected to continue to smolder and burn.
• Smoke will be visible throughout the area and may settle into valleys and other low-lying areas, especially at night and in the early morning hours. Wildfire smoke may affect your health. For more information, please go to:  https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/wood-smoke-and-health

WEATHER:

• Friday will begin with areas of smoke and mostly clear skies. Winds will be light and out of the southwest, with the high temperature in the low-60’s. Cloud cover will increase in the afternoon with an approaching disturbance that will move through the region on Saturday.