2018 wildfire season: 416 fire (Durango CO)

As I was preparing to write today's blog article, I knew that I wanted to share a crew video that highlights the work of a hotshot crew that worked the 416 fire. I'll share that video below, but first a little about the 416 fire. The 416 fire started on June 1, 2018 about 10 miles north of Durango, CO. the fire was contained on or about July 31st but at the time the interior of the fire was still smoldering. The fire burned 54,129 acres. As I understand there is yet no official cause of the fire, that report will be released sometime late this year. For more information about the containment of this fire read this July 31st Durango Herald Article. The Inciweb page on the 416 fire is still up as I write this, I am not sure how long the page will be accessible. Bill Gabbert of Wildfire Today wrote a few articles on the 416 fire, including references to other wildfires, that burned in Colorado this past summer, go here (416 tag) for those articles. Finally while the 416 fire may be contained, there remains danger from debris flows and flash flooding to the area and area surrounding the 416 fire burn scar.  There has been at least one round of heavy rains that lead to mudslides in and near the area burned by the 416 fire, you may read about it hear in a July 17th Denver Post article.


Direct link to video uploaded by Hank Blum