Lightner Creek Fire Update
July 1, 2017 - 8:30 a.m.
Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black
Shane Greer, Incident Commander
Information Center: (970) 335-8084
Hours of Operation: 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Current Situation: Crews made excellent progress securing the western flanks of both portions of the Lightner Creek Fire (west and east of County Road 207) on Friday. Air operations supported firefighters on the ground with water drops, but no retardant was used on Friday. Handcrews will continue to secure and strengthen containment lines on Saturday, with the objective of allowing evacuated residents to return to their homes as quickly as is safe to do so. Residents and visitors may see smoke occasionally from the northeast portion of the fire on the east side of Country Road 207 as the vegetation inside the fire perimeter is consumed by the fire. This should not be a cause of concern to the public. Fire officials emphasize that the smoke visible in town is well within the perimeter of the fire. Crews are optimistic that they will be able to continue to make progress on increasing containment of the Lightner Creek Fire on Saturday.
Weather: Sunny skies and dry weather are expected to continue. High pressure will provide relief from critical fire weather conditions of the past few days.
Safety: Wildfire behavior is largely contingent upon weather and fuel conditions. The potential for fire activity remains high. The public is reminded to be cautious with all combustible materials to prevent unwanted, human-caused fires. Fireworks are always illegal on all public lands.
Please remember that members of the public who illegally fly drones over or near wildfires threaten the safety of firefighters and the effectiveness of wildfire management operations. Unauthorized drones disrupted and delayed air operations on the Lightner Creek Fire during the initial response.
Closures: County Roads 207 and 208 remain closed. All recreation trails in the “Test Tracks” west of downtown Durango are closed; including Hogsback, Leyden and Hidden Valley trails. The Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Parks and Wildlife have closures in place on public lands east of County Road 208. U.S. Forest Service trails in the Dry Fork area leaving the Colorado Trail into the above referenced closure are marked with signs indicating the fire closures in the Perins Peak area.
Fire Restrictions: Several Fire Restrictions are in place in the area. Please visit http://www.coemergency.com/p/fire-bans-danger.html for a complete listing of fire restrictions in Colorado.
Lightner Creek Fire
Start Date: June 28 InciWeb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5298/
Location: 4.25 miles WNW of Durango Email: lightnercreekfireinfo@gmail.com
Size: 397 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BLMMontroseFireUnit/?fref=nf
Percent Contained: 29 Twitter: #lightnercreekfire
Cause: Structure; spread to wildland
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