Governor Jared Polis (D-Colorado) visited the Incident Command Center for the Grizzly Creek Fire Friday morning where he said getting it under control was the top national priority.
"I was actually just informed that the Grizzly Creek Fire is the top fire priority in the nation right now, " said Polis. "So resources are coming from around the country." He spoke Friday morning at the fairgrounds in Eagle, which is the command center for the fire that has now burned more than 13,000 acres near Glenwood Springs since it was first reported Monday afternoon. It exploded in size within the last day.
Earlier estimated indicated the fire was over 14,000 acres, but due to better mapping the acreage was reduced to 13,441
"We had significant growth on the north, east and northeastern side of the fire, said Incident Commander Mart Adell for Great Basin Team 1.