Grizzly Creek Fire

Providing information for the Grizzly Creek Fire located east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

There are 383 firefighters working on the 32,464-acre #GrizzlyCreekFire. Containment increased to 91%. No fire growth for the 9th straight day. Resources assigned:
• 6 crews
• 1 helicopters
• 21 engines
• 5 dozers
• 3 water tenders
• 1 skidgine
• 6 excavators
• 1 chipper

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

There are 402 firefighters working on the 32,464-acre #GrizzlyCreekFire. No change in acreage for 8th straight day. Containment @ 83%. Resources assigned:
• 6 crews
• 4 helicopters
• 22 engines
• 5 dozers
• 3 water tenders
• 1 skidgine
• 6 excavator
• 1 chipper

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

#GrizzlyCreekFire 9.06.2020 Daily update is posted on Inciweb at https://t.co/co4li1b0JD
Fire Size: 32,464 Containment: 83%

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

There are 439 firefighters assigned to the 32,464-acre #GrizzlyCreekFire. No growth for 7th day in a row. Containment remains at 83%.
• 6 crews
• 4 helicopters
• 28 engines
• 5 dozers
• 4 water tenders
• 1 skidgine
• 6 excavators
• 1 chipper
#FireYear2020

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

As expected w/hotter, drier weather, we have been getting calls about visible smokes north of I-70 in the No Name and Grizzly Creek drainages and south of the hwy in the Ike Creek drainage. The smokes are well within the fire perimeter and do not pose a threat.

#GrizzlyCreekFire

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

Here is your #GrizzlYCreekFire Operational briefing for Saturday, September 5, 2020, with Randy Foland of the Alaska Incident Management Team.
https://t.co/00P6Xspz2Q

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

#GrizzlyCreekFire 9.05.2020 Daily update is posted on Inciweb at https://t.co/co4li1b0JD
Fire Size: 32,464 Containment: 83%

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

There are 472 firefighters working on the 32,464-acre #GrizzlyCreekFire. For the 6th straight day, there was no growth. Containment is 83%. Resources assigned:
• 7 crews
• 4 helicopters
• 29 engines
• 6 dozers
• 4 water tenders
• 1 skidgine
• 6 excavators
• 1 chipper

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

#GrizzlyCreekFire There's a special type of "heavy iron" supporting crews on the Grizzly Creek Fire that's got the heart of a dozer, but the guts of a nimble firefighting machine. Check out the "Skidgen"!

https://t.co/EucghQ0x8N

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

Operations Section Chief Trainee Randy Foland has the latest on the #GrizzlyCreekFire

https://t.co/InTDBnwbOW

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

With hot, dry conditions forecast through the holiday weekend, we just want to remind folks that a statewide fire ban prohibiting campfires and fireworks remains in effect for all of Colorado.

#GrizzlyCreekFire #ItOnlyTakesOneSpark

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

#GrizzlyCreekFire 9.04.2020 Daily update is posted on Inciweb at https://t.co/co4li1b0JD
Fire Size: 32,464 Containment: 83%

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

There are 548 firefighters working on the 32,464-acre #GrizzlyCreekFire. For the 5th day in a row, there was no acreage growth. Containment is 83%. Resources assigned:
• 10 crews
• 4 helos
• 29 engines
• 6 dozers
• 6 water tenders
• 2 skidgines
• 6 excavators
• 1 chipper

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

The #WhiteRiverNationalForest has reduced the fire closure for the #GrizzlyCreekFire. For firefighter and public safety, please adhere the closure boundaries detailed on the map below.

[White River National Forest @WhiteRiverNews]

Here's the latest closure information from the Forest and the BLM related to the #GrizzlyCreekFire. Coffee Pot and Transfer Trail roads remain closed. Clinetop Mesa and Sweetwater roads are open.

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

We know the area impacted by the #GrizzlyCreekFire is special to so many people. Eagle's own Karen Jarchow, shares an important message about trail closures.
https://t.co/w4psNm4Q1A

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

Good Thursday morning! Randy Foland with the Alaska Incident Management Team is here again today with the Morning Operational Briefing for the #GrizzlyCreekFire for September 3, 2020.
https://t.co/6nvhz9j22Q

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

#GrizzlyCreekFire 9.03.2020 Daily update is posted on Inciweb at https://t.co/co4li1b0JD
Fire Size: 32,464 Containment: 82%

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

There are 603 personnel working on the 32,464-acre #GrizzlyCreekFire. For the 4th day in a row, there was no growth. Containment bumped up to 82%. Resources include:
•12 crews
•4 helos
•19 engines
•7 dozers
•8 water tenders
•2 skidgines
•6 excavators
•1 chipper

[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

It doesn’t take long for Mother Nature to rebound. Here r pics AK IMT fire behavior analyst Chris Moore took in Grizzly Creek on Tuesday. “We saw a woodpecker, a river otter & a black bear. There was already green vegetation poking up through the black,” he said
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[Grizzly Creek Fire @fire_grizzly]

#GrizzlyCreekFire When 5 gallons is a lot of water, how do you make the most of it? Courtesy of the Yukon Fire Crew, here is a crew member using a "Fedco" water holding backpack while the squad stirs up and mixes water and soil into the burning materials.
https://t.co/NT0t0HUcW2