The East Peak fire is @ 12,500 acres.
West Fork Complex fire @ 76,000 acres. (more below about this one)
East Fork fire @ 183 acres.
Trickle Mtn fire @ 271 acres.
Ox Cart fire @ 250 acres.
Bull Gulch fire @ 34 acres.
Lime Gulch fire @ 511 acres.
Brush Creek fire @ 400 acres.
Collins fire @ 380 acres.
Wild Rose fire @ 1067 acres.
The Black Forest fire had 2 lives lost, several injuries (nothing serious I hear) and 511 homes destroyed. 28 were partially damaged. $8.5 MILLION to FIGHT the blazes. 22 SQUARE miles of area were burned – that’s over 14,000 acres. Black Forest Fire is fully contained and many residents have been allowed back into the area as of this past Saturday. The Sheriff has reported at least seven break-ins/robberies of homes that were not actually hit by the fire.
The Black Forest Fire is the most destructive fire in Colorado History.
The West Fork Complex fire is the largest thus far. That fire is out of control, they have zero containment, no one has been injured or killed to our knowledge and no structures have burned as far as anyone knows. The West Fork Complex fire is actually three fires burning near highways 149 and 160 between Creede, South Fork and the Wolf Creek Ski Area in Southern Colorado. The complex includes the West Fork, Papoose and Windy Pass fires. Their collective perimeters are estimated at 76,000 acres, an increase of about 5,800 acres from estimates earlier Sunday.
The Papoose Fire has burned close to Highway 149, but has stayed west of the highway and had not crossed it. It is the fire closest to the town of Creede, a town of 300 permanent residents, which is northwest of South Fork.
Fire officials said Sunday that they are still optimistic they can protect the town of South Fork, however pre-evacuation notices were in place for West Fork Road and along East Fork Road.
The fire’s rapid advance prompted the evacuation of thousands of summer visitors and South Fork’s 400 permanent residents Friday, and it could be days before people are allowed back into their homes, cabins and RV parks. South Fork Mayor Kenneth Brooke is estimating that 1,000 to 1,500 people were forced to flee.
The saddest news of all:
Black Forest fire victims were members of Air Force Space Command
“Both were longtime members of Air Force Space Command, supporting critical air, space and cyberspace operational missions from offices on Schriever Air Force Base,” the release said.