Wildland fire near 11 Mile Reservoir

http://www.9news.com/news/local/article ... ng-in-size

COLORADO SPRINGS - The Springer Fire - which is burning west of Colorado Springs - started Sunday afternoon and quickly grew from just a few acres to more than 970 acres as of Monday afternoon.

The fire is burning near Lake George. It is zero percent contained as of Monday.

Raees wrote: Anal much?

Just trying to be more "factual" is all.

Isn't that all Teresa Springers land? A cattle and horse rancher.... It's usually her cattle that we all see roaming around 11 Mile.

9 news this morning said it was now 1100 acres but not finding it on their website.

another good article
http://www.gazette.com/articles/stood-1 ... -todd.html

8:30 A.M. UPDATE: Fire growth leads to reclassification
Growth Monday in the Springer fire has prompted officials to reclassify the incident from a Type 3 to the more complex Type 2 label.

Wish we could stay on topic here if you want to have a pissing match go play in the Ring that is what it is for.

Thanks

akilina wrote: 9 news this morning said it was now 1100 acres but not finding it on their website.

It's on InciWeb at 1,100 acres and 10% containment.

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2916/

I'm really wondering if it was our "Boys" mis-identified a propane tank for another "Keg" sighting.... just trying to put some humor in here.... It is really a drag that someone would be so stupid under our dry conditions to go shooting a propane tank :bash It's so beautiful over there

"Propane tank" may be a misnomer. Reading on Twitter it says they were shooting at those small propane canisters.

In any case, I hope they are able to find the guys who did this. They were seen leaving the area within a minute of the explosion and fire.

Twitter is a great fire resource, IMO. Just search #springerfire or #highparkfire

idiots!!!! I really hope they catch them... If it's youngsters, maybe one of them will brag about it to the wrong person!! We can only hope! So STUPID!!! Park County is absolutely beautiful!! And a shame that people just don't think!!

Current Situation
Total Personnel 399
Size 1,145 acres
Percent Contained 23%


Fuels Involved
2 Timber (grass and understory)Fuel model 9 and 10

Fire Behavior
Running, torching and short-range spotting

Significant Events
Transfer of Command from Type 3 IC (Zanotto) to Type 2 IC (Richardson)occurred at 0600.

Outlook

Planned Actions
Continued line construction. Initiate mop up and patrol on northern flank of fire.

Growth Potential
High

Terrain Difficulty
Extreme

Remarks
Acerage from IR flight on 6/18/12 (2253 hrs)

Source: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2916/