Wildfire ablaze in Hayman Fire burn scar in Colorado
The U.S. Forest Service and North Fork Fire members are battling a wildfire in the Hayman Fire burn scar, according to fire officials.
The fire was reported about 12:30 p.m. Saturday about three miles northwest of Cheesman Reservoir in Jefferson County, near Forest Service Road 560.
Dubbed the 560 Fire, the blaze is at 0% containment. No structures are threatened and no evacuations have been ordered, but some smoke is visible in surrounding counties, according to the forest service.
The 560 road, also known as Stony Pass Road, is closed in the area near the fire.
The fire is burning in the Hayman burn scar that consists of heavy standing dead and downed trees.
“These trees not only create a tripping hazard for firefighters but they also put firefighters at risk from falling trees. The fire is burning in very steep and rugged terrain,” fire officials wrote in a blog post.
During a severe drought and extreme fire danger in June 2002, Terry Barton, a U.S. Forest Service fire spotter, reported that a fire had started in a campground northwest of Lake George.
About a week later, she was arrested after admitting she accidentally started the fire by burning a letter from her estranged husband. The fire burned 137,000 acres in the Pike National Forest and destroyed 133 homes.