Duango CO fire
Just to alert those who are planning to visit the Durango area in the next few weeks. There is a forest fire north of town that might impact your visit. I know our plans have changed, as we had reserv...
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As of 11 a.m. Sunday morning, they have expanded the closure of US 550 from mm 32 all the way to the top of Molas Pass at mm 64. Apparently they are not currently running an escort through the area and don't expect to anytime today. The fire doubled in size over the last 24 hours. Purgatory resort is now also closed with evacuations ordered all the way up both sides of the highway to the resort.
No, Ridgway is a long ways away from this fire. Depending on the wind direction and speed, there might be smoke in the area as there is this a.m. But lets hope the monsoon sets in early and rain helps control some of these fires!
patperry2766 wrote:
Gonna be at Ridgway SP in a month. Is that are under impending or current fire danger as well?
No, Ridgway is a long ways away from this fire. Depending on the wind direction and speed, there might be smoke in the area as there is this a.m. But lets hope the monsoon sets in early and rain helps control some of these fires!
