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.
The Spring Creek Fire ballooned in size outside Parachute Monday night. It burned through an estimated 3,000 acres, according to the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit.
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.