#QuarryFire: Vegetation fire Homewood Park Ave and S Deer Creek Canyon Rd

Per residents, Hilldale Pines is now under pre-evacuation notice.

For reference on the location of the evacuations and pre-evacuations, you can zoom in on Elk Creek Fire’s Wildland website to see the planning units for Deer Creek Mesa, Kuehster Rd, Sampson/Maxwell, Silver Ranch, South Silver Ranch, and Hilldale Pines. experience.arcgis.com/experience/ec82ad4...mmunity-Ambassadors/

Jeffco Sheriff 8:46am: #QuarryFire Road Closures:
-South Valley Road and Deer Creek Canyon Rd.
-Deer Creek Canyon Rd. and South Cougar Rd.
-Deer Creek Canyon Rd. at West Ranch Trail.
-Pleasant Park Rd. and Kuester Rd.
#cofire

Denver Water 9:10am: Denver Water is closely monitoring the #QuarryFire and while Waterton Canyon is not currently in the evacuation zone, we ask that people avoid the area to give emergency crews space to respond.

Foothills Animal Shelter 9:13am: @JeffcoColorado has issued an evacuation order for areas impacted by #QuarryFire.  Foothills provides sheltering to pets within evacuation areas for free.  

Learn more here: foothillsanimalshelter.org/quarry-fire/

From CDPHE: Smoke from the #AlexanderMountainFire, #StoneCanyonFire, and #QuarryFire impacting the Front Range, plus smoke from out-of-state impacting Eastern Plains.
Details: tinyurl.com/3f8kcz6e

And high ozone expected from Ft Collins->Pueblo. More info: tinyurl.com/mrnpuutf

Jeffco Sheriff 10:12am: #QuarryFire UPDATE:
-Fire is approximately 200 acres and growing, 0% contained.
-Approximately 75 firefighters on the ground.
-575 homes evacuated in 5 subdivisions: Deer Creek Mesa, Sampson, Maxwell, McKinney, and Murphy.
-Pre-evacuation for Silver Ranch, and Silver Ranch South.
#cofire

Jeffco Sheriff 10:35am: #QuarryFire UPDATE:
-Multiple support aircraft ordered; one helicopter & LAT (Large Air Tanker) are working the fire.
-Limited resources available due to other active fires.
-Firefighter safety is top priority.
-Fire conditions: dry fuels, hot temperatures, steep and rocky terrain, extremely dry, with many rattlesnakes in the area.
#cofire

Jeffco Colorado Government 10:50am: Due to the #QuarryFire Chatfield State Park will be today closed for recreation. Additionally, there may be helicopters in the area to assist with fire fighting efforts.

Jeffco Sheriff 10:51am: #QuarryFire: Please visit our #JCSO website for an evacuation map, emergency alert sign up, and road closures. www.jeffco.us/4818/Quarry-Wildfire-Updates

Jeffco Sheriff 3:54pm: There will not be an afternoon press conference on the #QuarryFire. The fire has burned well over 200 acres and remains at 0% containment. The air support was helpful today, but we still have much groundwork to be completed. We will post changes as they occur. #COFire
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Jeffco Sheriff 7:40pm: #QuarryFire UPDATE:

Latest infrared imaging from MMA (Multi-Mission Aircraft) shows the fire is now at 341 acres. #COFire

From Jeffcom911 Acrive Alerts
JCSO Pre-Evacuation Notice -Oehlmann Park neighborhood
Urgent Lookout Alert: JeffCo Sheriff: Pre-evacuation notice for Oehlmann Park. Be ready to leave this area at any time.
www.jeffcom911co.gov/activealerts/

Notes from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Briefing this morning:
Cassie Pierce, Director of Public Affairs, Jeffco Emergency Management Office - they are grateful for, but discouraging, donations of items at this time as they have no place to put them.

Stacee Martin, PIO & Assistant Fire Chief, Evergreen Fire - explained more about the Hotshots (see below)

Mark Techmeyer, PIO JCSO - the fire laid down last night, no structures lost. Fire has gotten to within 1/4 mile of a home, saving homes and preventing the fire from jumping to the north side of Deer Creek Canyon Rd is their #1 priority today.

5 firefighters were injured on the fire yesterday, 1 suffered a seizure, 4 heat exhaustion. Several of those with heat exhaustion are back on the fire today.

The San Juan Hotshots arrived yesterday and will be a huge help on this terrain attacking the fire from the ground while air support continues. Temps are forecast for 98 degrees, but the humidity should be a bit higher which will help.

Mandatory evacuation neighborhoods remain the same, pre-evacs include Oehlman Park and Homestead South (although we've heard from residents in other neighborhoods that they've received calls for pre-evac, we'll update as soon as we see official word).

The next briefing will be at 2pm today, the fire will be mapped again to get another estimate on size.