Salt Creek Fire Reaches 50 Percent Containment
Crews battle a 511 acre fire.
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Updated: 11:28 PM MDT May 2, 2021
Crews battle a 511 acre fire.
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Updated: 11:28 PM MDT May 2, 2021
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THE SALT CREEK FIRE SHELLY. AKELYN, YOU CAN’T SEE MUCH RIGHT NOW, BUT FIRE CREWS ARE OUT THERE WORKING ON THIS FIRE. THAT’S BURNING ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW ANOTHER CREWS WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST THE SPEEDY SPEEDING WINDS AND DRY TERRAIN TO GET THE UPPER HAND. LOTS OF SMOKE AND LOTS OF VISIBLE FLAMES THERE WERE SOME REALLY THICK FLAMES AND HIGH FLAMES KOAT HAD YOU COVERED FROM THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR AS WE WERE DRIVING IN FROM WINDOW ROCK OUR NATION’S CAPITAL. WE SAW THE SMOKE. THE SAN JUAN COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE REPORTED A FAST-MOVING BRUSH FIRE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OFF MESA FARM ROAD IN SHIPROCK PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA WERE EVACUATED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE WIND IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE WAS A HIGH CONCERN THAT THE FIRE MAY JUST TAKE OFF AND MAYBE EVEN BURN SOME OF THE HOMES. AND THE WINDS DID PICK UP. NAVA NATIONS PRESIDENT JONATHAN NEZ WAS ON SITE LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND I CAME THROUGH HERE IN A JUMPED THE THE ROAD HERE. THE FIRE DESTROYED CARS LEFT BEHIND IN THIS SALVAGE YARD AND IN ABANDONED BUILDING. THANKFULLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAUGHT CAUGHT IT HERE AND STOPPED IT HERE. FIRE CREWS WILL BE HERE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY TO CONTINUE THE FIRE FIGHT. PRESIDENT NEZ TOLD US THAT THERE WERE 55 FIRE PERSONNEL FIGHTING THIS FIRE INCLUDING THE NAVAJO NATION FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE SAN JUAN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT LIVE IN S