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[Aaron]

The fire near Mount Dickinson in Rocky Mountain National Park has reached approximately 800 acres. Fire managers have better acreage estimates due to better mapping. Erratic winds continue to drive the fire to the west, north and north east. The fire is still in a remote area of the park. Fire operation efforts will continue to assess conditions and work to contain the fire in the West Creek drainage. Forecasted weather conditions are slightly more favorable today than yesterday. Because of the nature of the fire, no further ground crews will be sent in to the area. Numerous helicopters and air tankers will assist with today’s efforts. The priority will continue to be defensive fire operations and structure protection for the community of Glen Haven. Rocky Mountain National Park is open along with most park trails.

Last night, as a precautionary measure, four park rangers hiked the North Fork Drainage of the park to contact registered backcountry campers.
All twenty-four campers, in designated backcountry sites, were contacted and hiked out last night. Yesterday afternoon McGraw Ranch Road closed to the public. This road is a private dirt road that leads to Rocky Mountain National Park land, including McGraw Ranch and the Cow Creek Trailhead.
Because of increased traffic in the area due to firefighting efforts, this narrow road was closed for safety reasons. Residents along the road are
not being asked to evacuate. Cow Creek Trail and North Boundary Trail are closed. The Dunraven/North Fork trail is also closed. These trails are
being closed as precautionary measures.

Ground crews had to disengage from active firefighting operations yesterday afternoon due to erratic fire behavior. Yesterday, 10,000 gallons of water and 6 retardant drops were made. A Type 2 Fire Incident team has been requested and is expected to arrive this evening.

On Wednesday, aerial observation indicated there was a small fire burning one mile south of Mount Dickinson in Rocky Mountain National Park.
The location is roughly seven miles from the nearest road and is located in heavy timber in a remote area. It is roughly six miles west of Glen Haven
in the West Creek drainage in the North Fork area of the park. The fire initially began as 3 to 5 acres. Managers expected the fire to increase
yesterday afternoon due to hot, dry temperatures and winds.

On Thursday, June 24, five airplane loads of retardant were dropped on the fire. At approximately 4:30 p.m. eight smokejumpers deployed in to
the area. There are currently 36 firefighters on the ground; 8 smokejumpers, 8 crew members from Rocky Mountain National Park and 20 crew
members from the Roosevelt Hotshots with the United States Forest Service.

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[Aaron]

Tanker crash shuts down slurry supply to RMNP fire - http://www.dailycame...rce=most_viewed

--Aaron

[Swimswithtrout]

1,500 acres reported burned now. They say the last time that area burned was in 1646. LINK

[Aaron]

Apparently the 700 acre jump is mostly due to errors in its previous estimation. http://www.9news.com...41839&catid=339

--Aaron

[Aaron]

"fire burning but not expanding"

--Aaron

[Aaron]

Fire size downgraded - down to 888

Another adjustment due to inaccuracy in initial measurement. So, it's not that the fire is shrinking, which it may be, it's just that this is the most recent estimation of what has burned.

--Aaron

[Rhonda]

I just want to hear that it's OUT.

[hahn23]

There is a plume of smoke visible today. Not dramatic, but still there.

[Aaron]

fire is 40% contained - http://cbs4denver.co....2.1779882.html

--Aaron

[Aaron]

"Podcast with raw footage aerial video of Cow Creek Fire in RMNP filmed yesterday, 6/29 http://ow.ly/25rRD Buffering takes a little time." (from RMNP's twitter post)

--Aaron

[Aaron]

RMNP fire 60 percent contained http://dlvr.it/2Cdg7

--Aaron

[Qbert]

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date, Aaron.

[Aaron]

Qbert, on 01 July 2010 - 05:21 PM, said:

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date, Aaron.

You're welcome

--Aaron
(on a completely unrelated note - we need to catch up on mariokart competition)