{"id":33302,"date":"2023-06-21T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T00:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/small-wildfire-on-ophir-pass-contained-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T00:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T00:40:13","slug":"small-wildfire-on-ophir-pass-contained-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/small-wildfire-on-ophir-pass-contained-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Small wildfire on Ophir Pass contained Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Firefighting
Firefighting crews were busy containing a small wildfire on Ophir Pass, south of Telluride, Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. (Courtesy San Miguel County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Firefighting crews were busy containing a small wildfire on Ophir Pass, south of Telluride, Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning and plan to extinguish it within the next three days.<\/p>\n

The first wildfire effort of the summer season started just before 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, when Telluride Fire Protection District firefighters and San Miguel County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrived at the scene of the 50-by-100-foot fire on U.S. Forest Service land.<\/p>\n

While the wildfire was only \u2153 mile from the town of Ophir, the Sheriff\u2019s Office reported there were no threats to structures or people as it was burning away from the town.<\/p>\n

The Division of Fire Prevention and Control dispatched a helicopter from Montrose, and the fire was \u201cunder control but not technically contained\u201d by 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and required overnight work, the Sheriff\u2019s Office shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cResources will stay through the night and containment efforts and mop up will resume (on Wednesday) morning. There continues to be NO threat to structures in Ophir,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office posted at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Crews worked on a \u201cfew remaining \u2018hot spots\u2019\u201d Wednesday morning, and the fire was fully \u201ccontained\u201d by 1 p.m. The sheriff\u2019s office explained the wildfire will be fully \u201cout\u201d in the next two or three days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe area will continue to be monitored until the fire is declared to be out,\u201d according to an update Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"Firefighting
Firefighting crews were busy containing a small wildfire on Ophir Pass, south of Telluride, Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. (Courtesy San Miguel County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Ophir Pass wildfire this week follows a trio of lightning strikes throughout the Telluride area Friday afternoon during the 50th Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The strikes resulted in the festivities in Telluride Town Park being delayed twice and a temporary shutdown of the free gondola system between that runs between the towns of Mountain Village of Telluride after it had been struck. A tailings pile and Telluride residence were also struck, but none of the strikes needed firefighting assistance.<\/p>\n

Also on Wednesday, the San Juan National Forest Dolores Ranger District began the Boggy Draw Prescribed Fire Project.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 70 firefighters will be supporting (Wednesday\u2019s) 1,400-acre operation, as well as a helicopter and drone,\u201d according to the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch.<\/p>\n

The three-day prescribed burn will cover a total of 2,470 acres.<\/p>\n

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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