Red Canyon Fire
Fire Size Today: 5,766 acres
Containment: 44%
Firefighters: 469
Location: 31 miles south of Rangely, Colo.
Fire Start Date: 7/29/18
Management: Southwest Area Incident Management Team 5
Fire activity: Wetting rains enabled fire crews to work directly on the fire’s edge yesterday, increasing the percentage of containment. The precipitation, however, halted the planned burnout operations on the northwest corner. Suppression repair work is expected to begin today along the…