11/12/2020 Update: The CalWood Fire remains 85 percent contained. Today, patrols monitoring the fire found no sources of heat or smoke, although the Boulder County Communications Center received multiple phone calls about smoke columns. As snow, ash and dust blows around it might look a lot like smoke. Please rest... read more →
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Nov
12
Nov
10
The #CalwoodFire received about 2 inches of snow from the last storm. Windy weather today has blown much of the snow off of the south facing slopes exposing the ground. On the north facing slopes snow cover remains. Patrols on the fire found no new areas of smoke today. Tomorrow,... read more →
Nov
09
The CalWood Fire received a minimum of 1 inch of snow today and no smoke was visible. Tomorrow it is expected to be partly cloudy and cold with a high of 43 degrees on the fire. Firefighters will continue to patrol the fire and look for any new smoke.
Nov
08
11/8/2020 Update: there was minimal activity on the CalWood Fire today. Two on-the-ground firefighters accessed a steep section of the north side of the fire near Central Gulch where smoke was observed late in the shift. With the assistance of 13 bucket drops from a helicopter, they were able to... read more →
Nov
07
Firefighters continued monitoring and patrolling the CalWood Fire as well as rehabilitating fire suppression damage on the southern side of the fire today. More rehabilitation work is planned for tomorrow. An infrared flight to check for any remaining heat will take place next week after the cold front has come... read more →
Nov
06
The CalWood Fire remains at 85% containment. Firefighters monitored and patrolled today and did not find any additional hot spots. Crews continued suppression repair work on the south side of the fire. An assessment of ecological and infrastructure damage within the fire area’s interior is also ongoing. An infrared flight... read more →
Nov
05
Good news! The CalWood Fire is now 85% contained. The two areas that were identified to have heat signatures yesterday by the MMA flight continued to look good with no signs of smoke. The helicopter aided in monitoring them earlier today. Tomorrow warm weather continues. Temperatures are expected in the... read more →
Nov
04
An MMA flight revealed that only two small areas of heat remain on the #CalWood Fire. These hotspots are within the rugged hard to access area on the northside of the fire. The helicopter assisted firefighters with waterdrops again today. On the contained south side of the fire, progress on suppression repair... read more →
Nov
03
Firefighters had good success today mopping up isolated hotspots on the north side of the #Calwood Fire. The helicopter assisted with water drops. The fire remains at 76% contained and did not increase in size. Firefighters also worked with heavy equipment to continue suppression repair on the south side of... read more →
Nov
02
The CalWood Fire did not increase in size today and remains at 76 percent contained. Firefighters continued their work cooling isolated hotspots on the uncontained northside of the fire near Highway 7. They also continued suppression repair efforts on the contained south side of the fire. An engine will remain... read more →