Tuesday update: Crosho Fire 100% contained following heavy rainfall
U.S. Forest Service/Courtesy photo
The Crosho Fire in South Routt County was 100% contained at 2,073 acres Tuesday morning, according to a news release from the Wyoming Type 3 Incident Management Team.
“For the last two weeks firefighters have worked day and night minimizing spread of impacts to the communities surrounding the Crosho Fire while protecting values at risk,” states the news release. “Due to their tireless efforts, containment on the Crosho Fire is 100%.”
“Wyoming Team 6 wants to thank the communities for their support of the team and the firefighters,” the release continues.
Command of the Crosho Fire will return to the U.S. Forest Service at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The cause of the fire is still unknown, according to the news release. No structures were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
Heavy rain on Monday helped containment efforts but slowed progress on backhaul and suppression repair operations.
On Tuesday morning, 112 firefighting personnel were on the scene with five engines, one water tender, one dozer and one hand crew.
All equipment was removed from the fire line, including a helicopter sling load of water pumps, fuel and collapsible tanks. Heavy equipment continued repairing containment features on Tuesday.
Crosho Fire evacuation zones remained under “Ready” pre-evacuation orders Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders will continue to be assessed as clean-up operations and suppression efforts continue.
A map of evacuation zones can be viewed at TinyUrl.com/3p5b6rjw.
Around 3 p.m. Monday, the following roads were reopened:
- Routt County Road 132 from Routt County Road 15 to Dunckley Pass
- Routt County Road 25 from Routt County Road 132A to Routt County Road 132
- Routt County Road 19 from Routt County Road 15 to Routt County Road 25
- Rio Blanco County Road 8 (Dunckley Pass) at the intersection of Rio Blanco County Road 8 and Rio Blanco County Road 19.
C.R. 15 from the intersection Routt County Road 17 to Crosho Lake remained closed Monday afternoon.
Stage 2 fire restrictions remained in place for the Routt National Forest on Tuesday morning.
For updated fire information, visit the Crosho Fire InciWeb website at inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/cortf-crosho-fire.
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