Cause: Lightning
Date of Origin: Sunday, May 13
Total Personnel: 133
Size: 8,925 acres
Percent Contained: 30 percent
Location: 13 miles NW of Pagosa
Management: Type 3 incident team
Fire behavior: Hot and dry conditions are expected to continue over the next few days, causing fire behavior to remain consistent with previous days. This behavior will include some tree-to-tree torching and lower-intensity fire moving along the surface. Spotting distances estimated in a 1/4 to 1/2-mile range.
Crews will continue to “mop up” the area on the northeastern edge of the fire.
Growth potential: High
Terrain difficulty: High
Closures and restrictions: http://tinyurl.com/LittleSandClosures
Information line: (970) 444-2201
Information current as of Wednesday morning according to www.inciweb.org and press releases.
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