Ponil Complex Fire

[2] By June 6 the fire had burned 60,000 acres and was upgraded to a Type I incident with no timeline for containment.

40% of the area within fire's boundary burned at low severity, with 75% survival of the trees.

[1][2][3][11] A total of 1,342 firefighters, 13 water-dropping helicopters, 31 engines, 24 dozers, and 12 water tenders fought against the fire.

[12] The fire caused large-scale flooding, excessive erosion, and downcutting in the Ponil Creek watershed.

Most of the aquatic life in the lower reaches were affected including all of the fish in Greenwood Canyon killed.

This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite shows (north to south) the Trinidad complex at the Colorado-New Mexico border, the Middle Ponil Complex Fire, the Bonita Fire, and the Cerro Pelado Fire.