BLM fire crews engaging the West fire in Northwest Moffat County

The following press releases was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management on June 21, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

Craig, Colo. - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) firefighters are actively engaging the 700 acre West fire on Middle Mountain in extreme Northwest Moffat County June 21.

The fire is burning in heavy lodgepole pine, and no structures are currently threatened; Moffat County Road 72 is currently closed.

There are five engines, one Hotshot Crew and an array of Moffat County equipment supporting the fire. The suspected cause of the fire is attributed to lighting.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management