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Cooks Peak Fire Update

Update: 5/12/2022

Fire Update:  A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 8am-9pm.  Slightly cooler temperatures and strong afternoon winds are expected with gusts up to 40 mph.  Humidity will be in the single digits.  Friday, winds will be calmer, but weather conditions will remain dry and warm.  Smoke from the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire is being pushed by strong winds toward the Cooks Peak Fire. Interior pockets of fuel will continue to burn down and smoke may be visible but the fire is not actively spreading.  Crews will patrol and mop up along existing firelines and closely watch and hold all lines as strong winds can carry hot embers across.  In addition, crews will continue suppression repair work. 

Resource specialists continue to assess completed work and identify additional rehabilitation needed.  A group of incident resources will continue to support local resources with any new starts that may occur in the vicinity of the fire. There are 83 personnel assigned to the incident. Most resources have been demobilized or recommitted to other fires.

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