You know there are 2000 firefighters roughly on this fire right now in Colorado. We’ve got 3700 last week, the week before we lost three federal firefighters on the western slope of Colorado who are battling the flames in our state. It’s *** reminder of just what is at stake here and to see today in Beulah, as John said. The the story of volunteer firefighters who came to fight these fires while they were losing their own houses in the community is *** real inspiration for, I think all of us and *** reminder that we need to pull together and make sure that we’re doing the work that’s necessary. We will work with the congressional delegation. To make sure that Pueblo County and the other counties that are involved in this are able to get the benefit of the federal funds they need. I know Jeff Hurd, Congressman Hurd, feels the same way even though he’s not here today. He’s been following this very closely. We work together, work with him to make sure the county commissioners and the sheriffs get the, get the, the help they need and. It is an amazing thing to think about the fact that today in in in Colorado there are 3700 mostly federal firefighters from all over the United States of America that have come here to fight this fire, *** reminder that we are one nation under God and when it counts we all need to pull together and that’s what we’re seeing today.
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An aircraft helping to fight a Colorado wildfire has crashed into a reservoir, killing the pilot, authorities said.The aircraft was reported down Sunday in the Silver Jack Reservoir and the pilot’s body was recovered by divers, the Gunnison County sheriff’s office posted online.The pilot, believed to be the only person on board, was assisting firefighters with the 2-week-old Gold Mountain Fire, which has grown to about 57 square miles in southwestern Colorado. It was 13% contained as of early Monday.An email seeking more information on the crash was sent to the Federal Aviation Administration.Last week, wildland firefighters in Colorado gathered to pay tribute to three of their own who died after they were trapped by flames on the Colorado-Utah border.Many large fires are still going strong across the West. They are scattered around Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, while there are wildfires in eight other states — from Alaska to Arizona.Prolonged hot and dry conditions this week will bring fire weather concerns, the National Weather Service said.
An aircraft helping to fight a Colorado wildfire has crashed into a reservoir, killing the pilot, authorities said.
The aircraft was reported down Sunday in the Silver Jack Reservoir and the pilot’s body was recovered by divers, the Gunnison County sheriff’s office posted online.
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The pilot, believed to be the only person on board, was assisting firefighters with the 2-week-old Gold Mountain Fire, which has grown to about 57 square miles in southwestern Colorado. It was 13% contained as of early Monday.
An email seeking more information on the crash was sent to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Last week, wildland firefighters in Colorado gathered to pay tribute to three of their own who died after they were trapped by flames on the Colorado-Utah border.
Many large fires are still going strong across the West. They are scattered around Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, while there are wildfires in eight other states — from Alaska to Arizona.
Prolonged hot and dry conditions this week will bring fire weather concerns, the National Weather Service said.
