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After battling rugged topography, natural fuels and unrelenting wind gusts, fire crews have contained the now four-day long Spring Creek wildland fire southwest of Parachute to 2,577 acres, the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management.
Rugged topography, natural fuels, and unrelenting wind gusts have caused the now three-day long Spring Creek Fire southwest of Parachute to spread to 3,000 acres, the Bureau of Land Management estimated on Tuesday evening. The.
The Spring Creek Fire about 5 miles southwest of Parachute is still active, a Bureau of Land Management spokesperson said shortly after 5 p.m. Monday. BLM Public Information Officer Eric Coulter said about 20-30 acres.
Monday s red flag warning from west of Glenwood Springs to the border of Colorado and Utah signaled continued gusty winds and dry air raising the danger of wildfires, and indeed a couple have have broken out near Parachute and Rifle. The weather was forecast to get drier and windier Tuesday.