“Just a little one,” says Central City Fire Chief
By Lynn Volkens
The 2013 wild land fire season has already begun in Gilpin County. At 7:20 Tuesday evening, January 22, 2013, a wild land fire was reported on the ridge between Central City Parkway and south Highway 119 (approximately mile marker 3). It is believed that the fire was sparked by a hunter’s or hiker’s cook fire. Central City Fire Chief Gary Allen said he was reluctant to risk anyone’s safety by putting firefighters into the “nasty terrain” after dark on Tuesday night, so he enlisted the aid of the Flight for Life helicopter to do a flyover of the area and the information he needed in determining how to attack the fire. Keeping firefighter safety as a priority, Allen decided to attack the fire on Wednesday morning.
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