wildland fire southwest of Canon City
Release Date: July 1, 2007
As of 2130 hours over 50 firefighters are on scene of an approximately 10.3-acre wildland fire southwest of Canon City, Colorado. This fire is in rough, mountainous terrain with limited access. This fire has been named the “Goat Park Fire” as it originated in Goat Park southwest of the Royal Gorge Park. Crews from the Canon City Area Fire Protection District, Bureau of Land Management, Fremont County Sheriff’s wildland team, Tallahassee Fire, Deer Mountain Fire Protection District, Department of Corrections wildland crews and American Medical Response are all contributing to the effort of extinguishing this fire. All of these agencies are operating under a unified command structure in dealing with this incident. There have been no reported injuries or loss of structures. The fire will be monitored over night and fire crews will resume their fire attack at 0600-tomorrow morning. At this time the cause of the fire has not been determined.
