High winds and drought could contribute to big fires in the state, and officials emphasize that everyone should be prepared.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials monitor the border of Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge during the 2021 Marshall Fire.Colorado’s 2024 wildfire outlook projects a normal year — which now means there will be about 5,500 blazes expected to burn around 220,000 acres of land in the state.
Additionally, fire danger is slightly elevated in southeast Colorado as moderate drought conditions exist in the San Luis Valley. Stan Hilkey, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, said wind events are expected to drive fire activity this year. Earlier this month, power lines in Boulder and Jefferson counties during a high wind event with the stated goal of preventing a wildfire.
“Firefighters across Colorado are locating and attacking fires when they're very small, increasing our success and limiting fire size, duration and impact in areas where we don't want wildfire,” Morgan said. “This happens on almost a daily basis. Most of these fires, about 99 percent of them, are quickly extinguished.”
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