In a meadow northeast of Transfer Campground, a firefighter city has emerged as a strategic base to battle the 3,700-acre Burro Fire in nearby Bear Creek canyon. A fire isn’t done until it’s cold.
The Burro Fire spike camp early Monday morning after daily briefing meeting and breakfast.
The Burro Fire spike camp early Monday morning during daily briefing meeting and breakfast.
Crews working the Burro Fire gather for their morning meeting and briefing to receive daily assignments and information on the fire’s status.
Brian Duran, of Taos, New Mexico, listens to the morning briefing meeting on Monday morning.
Pike Hotshot Jamie Sauer after the Monday morning briefing meeting.
Black Mountain Hotshot Isaac Walden chats with Andy Lyon, a public information officer for the incident management team.
Black Mountain Hotshot crews work to clear underbrush from the path of the Burro fire on June 18 to slow its spread and intensity.
Black Mountain Hotshot Skylr Penna works with the crew to clear brush in the path of the Burro Fire on June 18.
Members of the Black Mountain Hotshots, of Montrose, work to clear underbrush from the path of the Burro Fire to slow its spread and intensity.
Black Mountain Hotshots work to clear underbrush from the path of the Burro fire to slow its spread and intensity.
Black Mountain Hotshots work to clear underbrush from the path of the Burro Fire as lookout Josh Petrell from Lake Tahoe watches the horizon for any outbreaks.
Lookout Josh Petrell, of the Black Mountain Hotshots, demonstrates how he determines humidity at 11,000 feet.
A burned area in the Bear Creek area on Monday.
A burned area in the Bear Creek area on Monday.
Heavy rains might have put knocked the Burro Fire down, but smoke plumes visible from a lookout post on Monday clearly indicated it wasn’t out.
