[george76]

“Everything’s going up; this whole valley’s going up,” Basalt resident Michael Mooney, reported from a ridge to the south of Garfield County Road 100 at 2:45 p.m.

Upwind of the flames and well out of the danger area, Mooney was in awe of the size of the fire and said every few minutes the flames would erupt in huge orange bursts.

“This is unbelievable,” Mooney said.

http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20080415/NEWS/432329738

[CholeraJoe]

Well, I knew it couldn’t be Carbondale, IL as wet as it’s been around here.

[colorado tanker]

The warm weather and winds are the “warm before the storm.” Cool weather and moisture should move in tonight.

[Larry Lucido]

Brush’s fault!

[moondoggie]

I just found out we had a fire off Highway 78 today.

I guess they put it out just as it approached some guy's front door.

Close call....

[dbacks]

Good grief! The people in Colo get their panties in a bunch over a 100 ACRE fire and when we lost 500,000+ acres of prime Ponderosa pine in AZ , no one batted any eye! Hmmm.

[ThomasThomas]

There must be more than one Carbondale.

Was it greendale before the fire?

[moondoggie]

I'm an HTML dummy, George, but here's links to pictures of all 3 Colorado fires.

Hope somebody can turn them into hot links for me?

Thanks...

Another picture: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/photos/2008/apr/15/42021/

Carbondale fire on the western slope: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/photos/2008/apr/15/41996/

Fort Carson pic: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/photos/2008/apr/15/42022/

[Colorado Doug]

We were driving down 115 after the Ft Carson fire and saw a bald Coyote run across the road. Must have had all his hair burned off.