Alexander Mountain Fire is currently burning west of Masonville, and was last measured by Colorado's Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA) at 255 acres about 30 minutes ago. Larimer County Sheriff is giving a ground estimate significantly higher than that, and evacuations around the area of the fire have been ordered.

At this time no structures in the Rist Canyon response area are threatened and no evacuation orders have come out for us yet. However, be advised that given the current weather conditions and behavior of this fire, the situation could change rapidly. Have your go-bag ready in case you need to leave in a hurry.

We will try to post further updates as needed, but we may be paged for a mutual aid response, taking us away from keyboards and internet access.