Elkhorn Fire in North La Plata County started by a structure fire during the evening of Saturday, July 26. Photo credit Scott Perez
The Elkhorn Fire started at this luxury log home under construction on Saturday, July 26th. Photo credit Dave Dillon
Smoke filled Animas Valley Sunday morning by James Ranch off Highway 550. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos
Smoke from the Elkhorn fire settled in our valley Sunday and made the view down the train tracks hazy. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos
Interactive evacuation map for the Elkhorn Fire on readylaplata.org.
This past Saturday, July 26th at 5:24 pm, a luxury multi-million-dollar home under construction thirteen miles north of Durango in La Plata County, just east of Glacier Club and north of Missionary Ridge, started on fire, causing the Elkhorn Fire that as of Tuesday is 321 acres and 0% contained. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but the under-construction log home is decimated from the fi...
