{"id":1313767,"date":"2019-08-20T13:39:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T19:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=986304"},"modified":"2019-08-20T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T19:39:38","slug":"smoke-from-middle-mamm-creek-fire-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/smoke-from-middle-mamm-creek-fire-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke from Middle Mamm Creek fire increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/Middle_Mamm_Fire_07302019.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/Middle_Mamm_Fire_07302019.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/Middle_Mamm_Fire_07302019-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"><figcaption><strong>Smoke from the Middle Mamm Creek fire in Garfield County.<\/strong><br \/><em>Provided\/U.S. Forest Service<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Smoke from a small fire burning near Middle Mamm Creek may be visible in Rifle Tuesday, according to the Forest Service.<\/p>\n<p>The small fire started July 30 in a remote part of Garfield County, close to the Mesa County line. It has grown to about eight acres.<\/p>\n<p>The fire is being managed by Forest Service officials, but the recent dry weather has influenced the behavior and increased smoke that is visible from Interstate 70 near Rifle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire is currently burning in dead timber within a spruce-fir stand; this can produce a lot of smoke,\u201d&nbsp;Rifle District Ranger Sarah Hankens said in a press release. \u201dWe are continually evaluating fuel conditions and considering weather trends in our decision to manage this fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters placed a remote automated weather station near the fire to monitor humidity and other factors that could change the fire\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Forest Service is allowing the fire to burn and decrease fuels in the area, but the fire managers have set thresholds as they monitor, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the fire reaches one of those thresholds, or if circumstances become unacceptable, firefighters will take action to suppress or contain the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/smoke-from-middle-mamm-creek-fire-increases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke from the Middle Mamm Creek fire in Garfield County.Provided\/U.S. Forest Service Smoke from a small fire burning near Middle Mamm Creek may be visible in Rifle Tuesday, according to the Forest Service. The small fire started July 30 in a remote part of Garfield County, close to the Mesa County line. It has grown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1313767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 07:47:47","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}