Multiple Agencies Continue to Respond to Alexander Mountain Fire

As of 7:45pm, the Alexander Mountain Fire was estimated to be 950 acres with 0% containment.

At approximately 10:38am on July 29th, the Larimer County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call reporting smoke in the mountains west of Sylvan Dale Ranch. Larimer County Sheriff's Office Emergency Services was notified and a coordinated response began with multiple partner agencies providing assistance, including:

• Berthoud Fire Department
• Big Elk Volunteer Fire Department
• Big Thompson Canyon Fire Department
• Boulder County Sheriff's Office
• Boulder County Fire Rescue
• Centurylink
• Colorado Department of Transportation
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife
• Colorado State Patrol
• Dacono Fire / Mountain View Fire Rescue Station
• Division of Fire Prevention and Control
• Douglas County Helitack
• Drake Fire
• Estes Park Fire Department
• Frederick Fire Department
• Gilcrest Fire Department
• Glen Haven Fire
• Greeley Fire Department
• Hygiene Fire Protection District
• Larimer County All-Hazards/Crisis Response Team
• Larimer County Posse
• Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority
• Longmont Fire Department
• Loveland Fire Rescue Authority
• Loveland Police Department
• Northern Colorado Humane Society
• Platte Valley Fire Department
• Poudre Valley REA
• Thompson Valley Emergency Services
• United States Forest Service
• Xcel

Multiple air resources were ordered as LCSO responded to the fire. Water and fire retardant were dropped continuously until about 8pm. Air and additional ground resources will resume operations in the morning.

The fire will be attended overnight by fire crews. As of 6am tomorrow morning, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office will transfer command of the fire to the United States Forest Service (USFS). At that time, they will be responsible for all public information moving forward. LCSO will continue to operate the Joint Information Center (JIC), and provide information about evacuation notices, animal evacuations, and road closures. We will continue to share fire information as we receive it from the USFS.
 

Due to the large outpouring of support, no additional volunteer resources or supplies are needed at this time.

For up-to-date evacuation information including evacuation areas, visit https://www.nocoalert.org/ or text LCEVAC to 888777. The JIC will reopen tomorrow at 8:00 am, and can be reached at (970) 980-2500.

For current information about evacuee and community resources, visit https://www.larimer.gov/alexander-mountain-fire.

“We are thankful for the incredible support and partnership from the community and partner agencies,” said Larimer County Sheriff John Feyen. “The Larimer County community rallied in support of us today: listening to the evacuation orders, and pulling together in our time of need.”