Pole Canyon Fire Reported in Huerfano County; Firefighters and Air Support Respond to New Colorado Wildfire

Description: The Huerfano County Fire Protection District is responding to the Pole Canyon Fire after a smoke investigation on July 8, 2026, confirmed a new wildfire. Air support is making water drops as firefighters work to contain the blaze. Updates will be provided as more information becomes available...

Huerfano County Fire Department Reports New Wildfire - Pole Canyon Fire...

"At approximately 9:30am today, July 8, 2026, Huerfano County Fire Protection District was dispatched to a smoke investigation that is now confirmed as a new fire - Pole Canyon Fire."

"We have several drops from air support and are continuing efforts of containment."

"We will update our Facebook page as more information becomes available."

Update:

Great News! Pole Canyon Fire stayed a little under 2 acres and as of 2 hours ago when Chief of Administration, Heather Vargas was on scene, fire was 60% contained! 

Chief of Operations, Roy Britt will remain on scene overnight with hotshot crews and other personnel. 

Firefighters; Assistant Chief, Derrick Omer, Firefighter Milton Perez, and Firefighter Adriana Garcia were also on scene at the fire. 

Air support was given to this fire within an hour of HCFPD being on scene; which is why this fire was successfully contained and hadn’t grown substantially. 

We will update more in the morning for more information!

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