Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado has produced a one minute and 15 second video of the Medano fire. The footage was shot on June 17, the day the fire increased in size from about 300 acres to 3,000 acres. It shows some very, very active fire behavior.
More information about the Medano fire.
UPDATE @ 11:46 a.m. MT, June 19
The fire has been accurately mapped using infrared imagery from last night. The map shows that 4,312 acres have burned and the fire has slightly crossed over into the National Forest land just north of Mt. Zwischen.
The Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for the fire area (fire weather area 224), in effect until 9 p.m. tonight:
GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH…ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 10 PERCENT AND HIGH HAINES INDICES…WILL ALLOW FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR TO ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP TODAY.
Please continue to add information about this fire. Local news sources are not paying much attention. Almost every afternoon, when the wind picks up, a lot of smoke comes over the mountains and falls into the foothill towns of Beulah and Rye. If this happened in Denver or Colorado Springs the news would be full of it.