DENVER (KDVR) -- Officials have set a goal date for containment of the nearly 4,000-acre and, so far, 0% contained South Rim Fire that has been burning in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park for days.
The fire started because of lightning Thursday during a weather event that also sparked several other major fires; the Sowbelly Fire along Escalante Canyon in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area is more than 2,000 acres; two fires in Mesa County are burning more than 1,000 acres near the town of Gateway; and the 11,000-acre Deer Creek Fire burning in eastern Utah just on the other side of the Colorado border.
Gov. Polis makes disaster declaration as wildfires burn thousands of acres on Western SlopeThe South Rim Fire on Sunday night saw "significant growth" due to storms in the area and grew from 3,600 acres to 3,988 acres at last count Monday evening.
Estimated containment date
Officials, according to InciWeb, an incident information management system, have set Aug. 10 as an estimated containment date, meaning if successful, the fire will have been burning for a month since it started July 10.
"Impacts from fire behavior are expected to continue for several weeks if no monsoon season ending event occurs," officials say on InciWeb.
‘Firenado’ spotted in Colorado: Here’s how the weather phenomenon occursGov. Jared Polis made a disaster declaration Sunday as the four major fires in Colorado and one in Utah grew, and according to InciWeb, only Utah's Deer Creek Fire has any containment: 7% at last check Tuesday morning.
South Rim Fire, latest details
The South Rim Fire is burning on National Park land in Montrose County east of the town of Montrose. Officials on Sunday said the fire had started spreading into the Black Canyon itself.
The national park is closed, and several evacuations are in place in Montrose County due to the fire. There are more than 300 personnel working on the fire.
Officials say the fire environment is "conducive for large fire growth" as live and dead fuels are available to support fire spread day and night. The fire also has a high resistance to control.
Spreading concerns, threats to high-value resources
Several areas of the fire have high-intensity fire behavior and could threaten high-level resources and assets, officials say.
In the southeast corner, the active fire will be highly resistant to control, and it is within two miles of those resources and assets. On the side of the fire include East Portal Road and Crystal Dam, as well as power lines and infrastructure.
On the northeast and east flanks, the fire is running down the canyon in an area that poses a "threat to crossing to north rim by torching and throwing embers causing spot fires" and potentially threatens endangered species and habitats. The west flank will also see northerly winds driving the fire toward U.S. 50.
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