The South Platte Ranger District of the Pike National Forest is managing the Lime Gulch wildfire along with the Jefferson County Sheriff Department and cooperators.
The Lime Gulch Fire is burning near Foxton, Co on the Pike National Forest. A Type 3 Management Team is managing this wildfire at this time with air support with of two heavy tankers and a Type 1 helicopter. More air support has been ordered . Type 2 IMT RMA Team B(Dallas) has been ordered and is scheduled to assume command at 1800 on Thursday June 20.
No cause is available at this time. The fire is burning in Douglas-fir and heavy ground cover.
LIME GULCH FIRE FACTS:
Pike National Forest South Platte Ranger District jurisdiction
500 acres (estimated) and making short crown runs
2 Type 2 Initial Attack (IA) crews
2 Type 1 IHCs
Air Attack
Air Tankers
T3 Helicopter
Refer questions concerning evacuations to the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office.
I mean the part of the Colorado Trail that goes through the mandatory evacuation area was not cleared... no one went down the trail to make sure is was clear of hikers and campers.
A tree on fire on the Colorado Trail... I don't know where on trail... but I suspect closer to the east part of the trail. Just an educated guess based on what I'm hearing. Update... 1/2 mile into the trail from the parking lot? Anyone knows where that would be?
