Update 2: July 4, 2023, Tuesday, 1400 hours PDT

Incident Summary

(Below) Photo Credit: CO DOFF&C

A wildfire named the Spring Creek Fire is located about four miles SW of Parachute (Garfield County), Colorado on the White River National Forest, which has burned 2,932 acres of brush, hardwood litter, and medium slash.

Initially, at the beginning of the incident, aircraft resources were deployed early on which included: 1 AA, and 1 Lead plane. Air Tankers, 827, 838, 839, 857, 861, 862, 868, 882, 10, 15, 137. 8 SEATS and 3 LATS, 11 Tankers Total, and Helicopters.

(Below) Photo Credit: White River National Forest

Current Status

The fire behavior has been observed as remaining moderate with flanking, backing, and creeping. Crews have reached a 37% containment status as of today.

Road and trail closures are in effect.

Evacuation orders are in place.

Resources

There are currently eight crews, 27 engines, and six copters.

Some of the resources on this wildfire incident include:

CO – Emergency Management: Providing updates.

Poudre Fire: (June 30) Three PFA firefighters staffed a brush unit -deployed and arrived on the afternoon of June 29, 2023, and set up a fire camp. They were assigned to Division “M”.

Mountain View Fire Rescue

West Metro Fire: Four firefighters attached to the Rapid Extraction (REMS) Module were dispatched on June 28, 2023. Their main responsibility is to act as an “RIT” similar to a structural firefighter group in they mainly will “rescue” an injured firefighter as needed. (Photo Credit: WMFR)

Threatened

Residential structures and energy infrastructure are currently threatened.

Damage Assessment

No structures have been reported as damaged or lost.

There has been a total of cost-to-date which has reached a total of $6.4 Million today for fire suppression and containment effort expenses.

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