Dry Weather Could Lead To More Activity On Williams Mine Fire

This weekend’s warm and dry weather will create conditions for additional activity on the 11,798-acre Williams Mine Fire northwest of Trout Lake.  Containment remains at 31%.  Edges of the fire that aren’t contained in the wilderness and pockets of residual fuels on the interior of the fire will continue to burn and produce smoke.  Officials say fire personnel will continue to monitor the fire and take action if appropriate, with a Blackhawk helicopter available to drop water if needed to cool flare-ups.  An aerial reconnaissance flight found the area creating the most smoke is on the north side of the fire, in the wilderness area between Morrison and Shorthorn creeks, and is not threatening any containment lines.  Fire personnel plan to wrap the Morrison Shelter and do work near the South Climb trailhead in case the fire moves toward them.

 

Adblock Detected

We have detected that you are using an adblock in your browser’s plugin to disable advertising from loading on our website.

Your Experience is very important to us, and your Ad Blocker enabled will cause our site not to perform as expected.  Turn off the Ad Blocker or add our site to your exceptions.  After you turn off or add exception please refresh the site or click ok.

Please note: Clicking OK below will NOT disable your ad blocker. You will need to make that change within the ad blocker's settings.