{"id":35881,"date":"2023-02-06T18:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T01:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/space-heater-sparks-rv-fire-in-bayfield\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:27:37","slug":"space-heater-sparks-rv-fire-in-bayfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/space-heater-sparks-rv-fire-in-bayfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Space heater sparks RV fire in Bayfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f461cb41-f238-561f-9503-0c615d2bcbba&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"A space heater sparked an RV fire that spread to a nearby vehicle and power lines early Monday in Bayfield. (Courtesy of Upper Pine River fire)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A space heater sparked an RV fire that spread to a nearby vehicle and power lines early Monday in Bayfield. (Courtesy of Upper Pine River fire)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Upper Pine River fire crews worked to put out an RV fire early Monday in Bayfield that also set a neighboring vehicle and surrounding power lines ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>Units were dispatched at 2:58 a.m. from the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District to 1429 Bayfield Parkway in Bayfield. A Bayfield Marshal\u2019s Office deputy was the first on the scene, who reported power lines burning next to the blazing RV as well as a nearby passenger van.<\/p>\n<p>The sole occupant of the RV was a 25-year-old woman who had moved a space heater closer to her bed to stay warm. She later awoke to find the bed on fire.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a7b9b5a6-06fb-5091-a9e5-ad7caa7e1e46&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Ten Upper Pine River firefighters works to extinguish an RV fire early Monday in Bayfield. (Courtesy of Upper Pine River fire)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Ten Upper Pine River firefighters works to extinguish an RV fire early Monday in Bayfield. (Courtesy of Upper Pine River fire)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Ten firefighters, two engines, and a Los Pinos Fire auto aid water tender worked to douse the fire, which eventually destroyed the entire vehicle. The contents of the vehicle were also destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The RV\u2019s occupant was taken by medics to Mercy Hospital for evaluation and treatment for minor burns.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in helping the woman can call the West Colorado Chapter of The Red Cross at (970) 440-7499 for more information.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-dd1bec4f7d453fe5e7985b20bcd658c7\"><a href=\"mailto:molsen@durangoherald.com\">molsen@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-b1ea3ee4f326eaed6361d0d3bbb70887\">An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect phone number for the West Colorado Chapter of The Red Cross<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vehicle and power lines also go up in flames early Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[731,350,28,1370],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-35881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bayfield","tag-fire","tag-headlines","tag-upper-pine-river-fire-protection-district"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83156,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35881\/revisions\/83156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35881"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=35881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}