Fire reported Teller County

Heard on the scanner of a fire in Teller County near Hwy 67 and Painted Rock fire is said to be in the Hayman burn area possible cause downed power lines.

We will try and get more information on this as soon as possible.

Fire being estimated as 7 acres in size burning grass and slash in Hayman burn area.

Per scanner fire is described as being very hot.

No Structures Threatened for now.

http://www.krdo.com/news/30798312/detail.html

Fire is being called the West Creek Fire fire they have had two air drops, scanner reporting that they may have containment soon.

West Creek Fire winds are pushing fire to the west and cause is under investigation

CBS reporting- the fire is largely out at 7 acres - cause is suspected to be a downed power line. 45% containment.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ ... ler-county

No change on size or containment crews will be back out in th morning working to get 100% containment.

This is per scanner report.

Crews headed back out to the fire this morning to do "Mop Up" scanner reports that that could take 48 hours.

The Teller County West Creek Fire which began yesterday within the old Hayman burn is contained and controlled. The fire location was approximately 7 miles west of Hwy 67 on County Road 78. The fire burned 6.8 acres. No structures where threaten. A down power line was determined to be the fire cause.

Though this was a small fire, the fuel types associated with light flashy fuels and old timber slash on the forest floor created an extremely high threat to firefighter safety. Initial attach was conducted by fire crews from the Teller County Wildland Fire Taskforce and the United States Forest Service. Today, crews from the Teller County Wildland Fire Task Forces and a United States Forest Service Hotshot crew are conducting mop-up operations. Crews will continue through today and tomorrow to finish mop-up operations until all materials are determined to be cold. Mountain Communities Fire Protection District will conduct continued monitoring and patrol of the burn area over the next several days.

Press release.