Lightning sparks small fire near Keystone ski lift

Heard on: Summit and Eagle County Public Safety

02:15

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Keystone Ski Resort, SC7,

00:03

Battalion 8 and Wildland 11, outdoor smoke sighting at Keystone Ski Resort.

00:09

Keystone Ski Resort, SC7, 2207.

00:20

SO 21, copy a smoke sighting.

00:26

Keystone Ski Resort.

00:29

SO 21, smoke sighting, Keystone Ski Resort.

00:35

The house is at (number withheld) River Run Road, and lightning looks to have started fire halfway up the lift line.

00:44

Reports rain put out the fire, but it is still smoking.

00:51

Copy.

00:53

2208.

01:01

Summit, can you show Engine 11 in route? And can you resend this to our MDC?

01:13

2210.

01:20

Thank you. I'll see you in a 2nd .

01:30

22,

01:33

I copy. 2210.

01:41

I copy Engine 11 en route at 2210.

01:48

That's going to be Engine 11.

01:57

Engine 11 Battalion 8 on sound.

02:01

Go ahead.

02:04

Hey, if you guys haven't left the station yet, let's bring Wildland 11 in case we have to go up onto the mountain.

02:13

Copy that, we'll close over.

7/29/2026 09:07 PM

Fire

River Run Rd, Dillon, CO 80435

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a report of outdoor smoke near a lift line at Keystone Ski Resort, possibly from a lightning strike. Rain was reported to have put out the fire, but smoke was still visible near a house in the River Run Road area.

Lightning sparks small fire near Keystone ski lift

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