Helicopter requested to fight Grand County fire; smoke plume visible for miles

Firefighters successful Grand County worked Sunday to incorporate a blaze that sparked extracurricular of Kremmling and sent plumes of fume into the air.

The Black Mountain occurrence began conscionable earlier 12:50 p.m. Sunday connected Black Mountain disconnected of Grand County Road 2 successful the hills northeast of Kremmling, according to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. The occurrence is simply a fewer miles westbound of the 303-square-mile pain scar near by the East Troublesome fire, which killed 2 radical past twelvemonth and forced evacuations.

Smoke from the Black Mountain occurrence was disposable Sunday day from Colorado 9. Firefighters requested that a chopper with a bucket respond to the occurrence due to the fact that it is successful a distant location.

Forecasters astatine the National Weather Service successful Boulder said fume from the occurrence volition determination into the Grand Lake country and could question arsenic acold arsenic Boulder and Larimer counties. The upwind successful the occurrence country is expected to stay adust until Wednesday.

No evacuations person been ordered for the fire. No further accusation was disposable Sunday afternoon, including the size of the fire, according to a Grand County spokeswoman.

Aerial presumption of the fume connected Black Mountain disconnected of County Road 2 adjacent Big Horn Park successful Grand County connected the day of 8/29. #grandcounty #cofire pic.twitter.com/WvBzgXrNus

— Grand County Sheriff (@GrandCoSheriff) August 29, 2021