Smoke reported near Purple Creek southwest area

Heard on: El Paso CO Public Works Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Yes, I've got a wire.

00:04

Oh, looks like it's going to be approximately 15–20 mi west-southwest of the Victor Gold Mine.

00:13

I see some flying down.

00:17

Looks like it's running maybe to the north.

00:20

Fifty nine, you are going to need to repeat that.

00:22

Most of it was digital.

00:25

We need direction of the fire, color of smoke, visible flame or not, wind direction.

00:35

It's going to be just visible smoke between the Victor Gold Mine and Cripple Creek, looking west southwest.

00:45

Be on that by about 15 to 20 miles.

00:49

And it looks to be rate of spread, I don't know, but it looks to be pushing north.

00:56

Okay, copy.

00:58

59 from Gateway.

01:01

This is 59.

01:04

So that is a reported fire that was actually just reported right before you reported it.

01:10

So they are running on it and it is in the area of Purple Creek Southwest.

01:16

Copy, thank you.

9/6/2026 02:15 PM

Wildfire

Co Rd 82, Cripple Creek, CO 80813

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports visible smoke from a possible wildfire between the Victor Gold Mine and Cripple Creek, about 15 to 20 miles west-southwest near Purple Creek Southwest, with smoke appearing to move north. Units are already responding to a previously reported fire in that area.