Nash Ranch Fire 100% Contained; All Residents Allowed Home
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Updated: 1:55 PM Jun 30, 2008
Nash Ranch Fire 100% Contained; All Residents Allowed Home
Officials report the Nash Ranch fire is 100% contained, and as of Monday morning all residents have been allowed to return to their homes.
Posted: 3:07 PM Jun 26, 2008
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Firefighters say wet weather Sunday helped them get the Nash Ranch Fire completely contained. The fire, in Park County near the town of Guffey, started last week from a lightning strike.

As of 9 a.m. Monday, all evacuated residents were allowed to return home.

Crews will still be out keeping an eye on things for a few days, in case any hot spots flare up.

There will also be some cleanup in the burn area, including work to restore bull dozer lines to a more natural state. That will help prevent erosion in those areas. Also, some fences that were cut during the firefighting efforts will have to be repaired.

Here are some numbers released by fire officials Monday morning:

• Time/Date Started: June 26, 2008
• Location: 10 miles East of Guffey.
• Cause: Lightning
• Estimated Cost: $626,000 as of end of business 6/29/08
• Fuels: Grass, ponderosa, mixed conifers.
• Size: 1,115 acres.
• Containment: 100 %
• Resources Committed:
o 1 – Type 1 Crew, 2 – Type 2 Crews, 20 – Engines, 2 - Water Tenders, 1 – Type 3 Helicopter (expected release today), 1- Camp Crew, Approximately 223 personnel.


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Posted by: Ken Location: CO on Jun 30, 2008 at 07:31 AM

To Marie below , I disagree, it is probably the Sherriff. Most of these guys are C.S.P.D. dropouts and were not accepted by other agencies, so, they decided to come up the pass and work for 'Billy Bob' himself. Although I have to admit he 'the real Sherriff' is doing a good job cleaning up the image of T-County and holding his deputies to a higher standard than others have in the past. I even believe they are now spelling "Suspect" correctly, as before on a couple of occasions it was spelt s-u-s-p-e-k-t.
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Posted by: shelby Location: Florissant on Jun 29, 2008 at 10:03 AM

It would be nice to have an current update about the fire.When I came to your web site today I didn't see anything on the fire in our state ,but yet their is information about California.You should keep us informed about OUR fire.
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Posted by: Debbie Location: High Park Road, CO on Jun 29, 2008 at 06:13 AM

I live up here and I hope after last night's rain that the fire is out! Anyone in the fire area needing help with animals can contact me.
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