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The morning of Sept. 18 started out like any other Saturday morning for the Lopez family with the family getting ready for their 13-year-old son’s football game. But just after 9 a.m., Delsey Lopez… ....
“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.
The fire was “very wind-driven and running, with some spotting,” Best said, and mainly moved through sage and grass. Crews also worked a hot spot of downed cottonwood trees.
No official evacuations had to be ordered.
Eagle Fire, Gypsum Fire, Greater Eagle Fire and Eagle River Fire, along with the U.S. Forest Service and BLM responded, Best said.
“It ran about a half mile,” Best said.
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