The lightning-caused North Millsap Fire is burning in rugged terrain about 11 miles north of Caon City and 5 miles southwest of Victor, (BLM Royal Gorge Field Office / Courtesy Photo)

Fire crews Saturday made significant progress toward containing the North Millsap Fire burning between Shelf Road and Phantom Canyon.

As of Sunday afternoon, the fire had spread to 22 acres and was considered 20 percent contained.

The fire first was reported Thursday afternoon 11 miles north of Caon City. On Saturday, firefighters from the Royal Gorge Field Office, along with other federal, state and local agencies were working to actively suppress the lightning-caused fire.

"Regardless of the difficult terrain, significant line construction was accomplished," said Gregg Goodland, Public Information Officer for the Royal Gorge Field Office, in a media release Sunday. "Aircraft assisted on the more active portions of the fire."

He said cooler and wetter weather Sunday and Monday is expected to provide excellent opportunities for continued progress.

The fire is burning in mixed conifer, ponderosa pine and Gambel oak fuels.

Resources include 70 total personnel including a Type-3 Incident Commander; a Type-1 hand crew; a Type-2 hand crew; a Type-1 and a Type-3 helicopter; and various overhead and support.

This fire is being managed with a full-suppression strategy because of the proximity of private land.

There have been no road closures, but the Fremont County Sheriff's Office has asked that if motorists must use Shelf Road or Phantom Canyon Road to use caution as there will be heavy truck traffic with fire apparatus responding to the fire.

Updates on the fire are posted on Inciweb at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5249.

Carie Canterbury: 719-276-7643, canterburyc@canoncitydailyrecord.com

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