While the Cameron Peak Fire saw no growth Friday due to the 15 to 20 inches of snow received over the weekend, crews are seeing scattered heat around the fire. The fire still stands at 208,663 acres and 64% containment.
Operations Section Chief Reggie Bray said during the Friday morning update that crews are continuing to see scattered heat signatures across the fire, some in the Pingree Park road area and Colorado State University Mountain Campus where crews are continuing to see smoldering fire despite the snow.
“What’s burning up there is just pockets of dead and downed large logs that are on fire. They continue to burn under the snow but (are) really no threat,” Bray said.
He said they planned to fly drones Friday to continue to scan for heat and determine where will be best to attack the fire once the snow melts more.
Incident meteorologist Dan Byrd said he is expecting that a cold front to move over the fire into the weekend, bringing winds along with it.
“The winds are going to continue to increase as the cold front moves closer to us,” Byrd said. He added that winds expected to hit the fire will be around 30 to 50 mph, diminishing around noon Saturday.
Katie Hetts, fire behavior analyst, said in a later update that the wind event may work to the favor of the firefighters and allow crews fire remains burning.
“The people in Glen Haven may see some more smoke and some more activity, but I think this is working in our favor to expose where we do still have heat on the landscape,” Hetts said. “When we dry out after the wind event it will be easier for crews to get in there and it will be a lot more visible and we will be able to address it.”
Byrd said next week temperatures are expected to reach as high as 60 degrees with light winds.
Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Joe Shellhammer said he is grateful for the work of the fire team.
“As a community we are super lucky to have this team here,” Shellhammer said. “The amount of talent on this team is utterly amazing and the amount of energy they are bringing this late in the fire season, I am just super grateful to them and I am just hoping to put these monsters to bed.”
He added that the Sheriff’s Office has been receiving calls about smoke from concerned community members. He said when thinking about calling in, residents should monitor where the fire or smoke is and if it is a danger.
Friday afternoon, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office was able to downgrade the area of County Road 44H from Moody Hill west to Pennock Pass from mandatory evacuation to voluntary.
Shellhammer said due to the incoming wind event, he is not anticipating that any evacuation changes over the weekend.
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