Frisco, Dillon and Silverthorne enact Stage 1 fire restrictions
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct that there are no fire restrictions in place in the county. The Summit County Board of Commissioners is expected to discuss restrictions at its meeting Tuesday.
The towns of Frisco, Dillon and Silverthorne enacted Stage 1 fire restrictions Friday, June 11. The announcement comes after Summit County’s fire districts raised the fire danger to very high Thursday, when two small wildfires started in the Dillon area. A third small fire started and was quickly extinguished Friday in Silverthorne.
“Frisco, Dillon and Silverthorne are all located in the I-70 corridor where significant fire activity has been seen over the past 24 hours,” Frisco Mayor Hunter Mortensen said in a news release. “We believe that it is vital to the health and safety of our community that we take a conservative approach and act now before we see more wildfire activity.”
The restrictions ban open fires. Campfires are allowed within designated camping sites with permanent metal fire rings. Fires on private property must be permitted by Summit Fire & EMS.
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