Forest Fire near Manitou

[cajun tj]

A small forest fire is burning near the cog railway in Manitou Springs. Smoke is visible for several miles. Vehicles near the cog railway station are being towed to make room for firefighters. Manitou Springs firefighters have requested help from the Colorado Springs and El Paso County fire departments, along with an air tanker from Pueblo.:eek:

[Ooompa Loompa]

Holy crap

[Oscar]

great and the wind is kicking up too

[cajun tj]

They have now requested help from the Green Mountain Falls fire department. It is spreading quickly in rugged terrain. For more info go to www.koaa.com

[fire_girl3]

:shrug:

Fire mitigation is all I have to say about this...

[Oscar]

hey get to werk girl

[nridler]

I just got to see a tanker drop some retardent. Its really started to move in the last few minutes.

[cajun tj]

Hope your house is out of harms way!

[JimhatTJ]

wow just looked out the back door, yea its really smoky over their

[cajun tj]

Air drops are anticipated from the US Forest Service and Ft. Carson. It's about 5 acres and growing. There are about 80 firefighters on scene.

[JimhatTJ]

from my back yard at 2:55pm.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g71/jimhattj/P9270003.jpg

[Ooompa Loompa]

Wind seems to have picked up even more in the last half hour too :(

[cajun tj]

More info and video here: www.krdotv.com

[nridler]

Hope your house is out of harms way!

My house is out of harms way, but if it starts to make its way over towards red mountain it could get close to my moms house.

[nridler]

I got a picture of the tanker drop, so if I can figure out how to upload the picture i'll post it up.

[SPRINGSZJ]

www.kktv.com has a live video feed of the fire.

[jeeplvr79]

Ever since I've gotten home my son & I have watched the helicopters drop the slurry or whatever they are using. All of almost 4 years old explaining how it works to get the fire out... it was cute. The smoke seems to be dying down a bit *crossing fingers for some RAIN*

[JimhatTJ]

I got a picture of the tanker drop, so if I can figure out how to upload the picture i'll post it up.

if u want email it to me and ill post it up. jimhattj@gmail.com

[nridler]

if u want email it to me and ill post it up. jimhattj@gmail.com
Well I just sent you the picture in an email. I hope the picture does the drop justice because it looked like the tanker was going to fly into the tree in front of my house. As much as I dont like to see this happen....having a front row seat is kinda cool.

[JimhatTJ]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g71/jimhattj/P9290053.jpg

[cajun tj]

Great pics. Thanks for getting them posted, James.

[Pilot]

Neat pics! What type of fixed wing aircraft are the using for the fire retardant drop? You see the old WWII bombers with radial engines, less and less these days, maybe not at all anymore. Sad.

[Ooompa Loompa]

Still going, and unfortunately high winds aren't helping any :(

[Conrad]

Neat pics! What type of fixed wing aircraft are the using for the fire retardant drop? You see the old WWII bombers with radial engines, less and less these days, maybe not at all anymore. Sad.

C-130

[Grandpa Jeep]

Neat pics! What type of fixed wing aircraft are the using for the fire retardant drop? You see the old WWII bombers with radial engines, less and less these days, maybe not at all anymore. Sad.

Pretty sure they don't use the PB4Y-2s anymore since that one broke apart in 2002. There were only 5 left at that point.

[Pilot]

Pretty sure they don't use the PB4Y-2s anymore since that one broke apart in 2002. There were only 5 left at that point.

I don't think so either. Last I heard these were grounded. You also don't see the P-2V Neptunes that much anymore either. Not a WWII bird, but still a cool aircraft. C-130's are great planes, but are kinda boring compared to the older stuff.

[springsman]

Pilot just saw your av...I used to watch Rat Patrol with my dad when I was a kid...that and "Combat" pretty good shows....hadn't thought of em in years....bytheway so this isn't a total hijack...how's the fire today?

[Pilot]

Pilot just saw your av...I used to watch Rat Patrol with my dad when I was a kid...that and "Combat" pretty good shows....hadn't thought of em in years....


Yeah I used to watch both shows as a kid also. I like the Jeep connection with the show, so that's why I use that Av.

Both seasons of The Rat Patrol and I believe all seasons of Combat are available on DVD. Enjoy! :beer:

[ColoradoXJ]

:shrug:

Fire mitigation is all I have to say about this...

after learning about human impact on forests and the consequences, and spending the last half of the summer doing mitigation work and controlled burn prep at white ranch in jeffco, i will agree completely with this statement :thumbsup: