{"id":18111,"date":"2019-08-30T15:04:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T21:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=59746"},"modified":"2019-08-30T15:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T21:04:44","slug":"heightened-fire-danger-sparks-reminders-at-rocky-mountain-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/heightened-fire-danger-sparks-reminders-at-rocky-mountain-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Heightened fire danger sparks reminders at Rocky Mountain National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/GC_GC201210121209998AR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/GC_GC201210121209998AR.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/08\/GC_GC201210121209998AR-325x244.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><figcaption><strong>A Type 1 (heavy) Heli-Tanker flies toward Spruce Canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park on Nov. 25, 2012, to drop water on the Fern Lake Fire.<\/strong><br \/><em>ALL |<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Recognizing a rapidly increasing fire danger, Rocky Mountain National Park is reminding people that fire restrictions are always in place at the park.<\/p>\n<p>With the exception of designated metal campfire rings in front-country campgrounds and some picnic areas, campfires are not allowed in Rocky Mountain National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Also, visitors are being asked to properly extinguish their cigarettes, as the dry, windy conditions and a robust crop of curing grass have significantly raised the fire danger compared to recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Realizing that illegal campfires and illegal campsites often go hand-in-hand, park staff are asking visitors to report fires. A permit is required to camp in Rocky Mountain National Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past five years, park staff have seen an increase in illegal campfires,\u201d park officials said in a news release.&nbsp;\u201cA few of these campfires became wildfires and were suppressed. Each one had the potential to spread and threaten lives and property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The park recalled the fall 2012, when an illegal campfire sparked the Fern Lake Fire, which burned more than 3,000 acres, led to the evacuation of a portion of Estes Park and cost more than $6 million to suppress.<\/p>\n<p>During the safety checkpoint on Aug. 17, park rangers reportedly issued 10 warnings to people intending to camp without a permit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/regional\/heightened-fire-danger-sparks-reminders-at-rocky-mountain-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Type 1 (heavy) Heli-Tanker flies toward Spruce Canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park on Nov. 25, 2012, to drop water on the Fern Lake Fire.ALL | Recognizing a rapidly increasing fire danger, Rocky Mountain National Park is reminding people that fire restrictions are always in place at the park. With the exception of designated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 01:06:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}