Overview
- California Interagency Incident Management Team 7 assumed command Tuesday as the Ferris Fire grew to 57,356 acres with containment at 19 percent, per the incident update on July 8.
- Multiple evacuation zones in Dolores and Montezuma counties are in go status and Zone 9 was evacuated overnight after the fire pushed toward County Road 15 and Highway 491.
- Crews reported extreme behavior with rapid uphill runs, torching and a large pyrocumulus column, and used strategic firing, hose lays and sprinkler systems to hold planned containment lines.
- Aerial and ground resources have been surged to the incident with roughly 620 personnel plus scoopers, large air tankers and Type 1 helicopters supporting firefighters.
- Forecasts call for high temperatures, low humidity and dry lightning risk that may sustain fire activity, and Air Quality Health Advisories remain in effect for wide areas of western and southern Colorado.