“In that area where people pull out to go fishing, that’s the general area of where it started,” Best said.
No official evacuations have been ordered, but the nearby Strawberry Fields farm has structures which are threatened.
“We’re seeing extremely strong winds with very active fire behavior,” Best said. “It’s very wind driven and running, with some spotting.”
The fire is mainly moving through sage and grass, Best said.
“They’re also working a pretty big hotspot of some downed cottonwood, which is a significant source of heat in the middle of that fire,” Best said.
“Eagle Fire, Gypsum Fire, Greater Eagle Fire and Eagle River Fire are on scene. … U.S. Forest Service and (the Bureau of Land Management) are also providing mutual aid. … It ran about a half mile, but it’s really early to tell how big it is.”
“In that area where people pull out to go fishing, that’s the general area of where it started,” Best said.
No official evacuations have been ordered, but the nearby Strawberry Fields farm has structures which are threatened.
“We’re seeing extremely strong winds with very active fire behavior,” Best said. “It’s very wind-driven and running, with some spotting.”
The fire is mainly moving through sage and grass, Best said.
“They’re also working a pretty big hotspot of some downed cottonwood, which is a significant source of heat in the middle of that fire,” Best said.
“Eagle Fire, Gypsum Fire, Greater Eagle Fire and Eagle River Fire are on scene … U.S. Forest Service and BLM are also providing mutual aid … they’re now working on containment lines … it ran about a half mile, but it’s really early to tell how big it is.”
The driver of a stolen vehicle led officers on a chase across Eagle County on Sunday morning, reaching speeds of 120 miles per hour and traveling the wrong way down the interstate, according to police.
The interstate was closed in various places between Vail and Glenwood Canyon as the vehicle exited the highway and got back on it again, causing officers to change tactics between active pursuit on the interstate and passive monitoring on town streets.
Officers directed bystanders off the interstate out of safety concerns and in an attempt to deploy tire deflating devices to stop the vehicle. The vehicle, an older model Mercedes SUV, had been affixed with stolen license plates in an effort to conceal that it was stolen, said Trooper Jacob Best with the Colorado State Patrol.
Colorado State Patrol photo.
Update: 10:09 p.m.: The highway has reopened. The injured party is still listed in critical condition and is being flown via helicopter to a Denver-area hospital.
A motorist is in critical condition at Valley View hospital in Glenwood Springs after being involved in a multiple vehicle collision in Dotsero.
The accident occurred at mile marker 131 in the eastbound lanes of I-70 just after 5 p.m. on Monday. The highway remains closed eastbound as of 8 p.m.
The crash involved a total of four vehicles, said Trooper Jacob Best with the Colorado State Patrol, and the cause and contributing factors are still under investigation.