Region 51 Emergency Management Director Brandon Myers took these photos just east and then north of Lincoln County's Jeffrey Reservoir the night of March 14-15, two days after the 129,253-acre Cottonwood Fire ignited and roared across southeast Lincoln and southwest Dawson counties.
Myers: Cottonwood Fire’s cause probably will stay a mystery
The night of March 14-15 presented this eerie vista of the 129,253-acre Cottonwood Fire from a vantage point on South Brady-Moorefield Road, due east of Jeffrey Reservoir south of Brady.
BRANDON MYERS, REGION 51 EMERGENCY MANAGER
Myers: Cottonwood Fire’s cause probably will stay a mystery
The smoke and orange flames of the Cottonwood Fire loom menacingly behind a rise at Jeffrey Reservoir south of Brady. This photo was taken the night of March 14-15 from South Brady-Moorefield Road.
BRANDON MYERS, REGION 51 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Myers: Cottonwood Fire’s cause probably will stay a mystery
Flames from the Cottonwood Fire leap high in the Jeffrey Reservoir area south of Brady in this photo the night of March 14-15 from South Brady-Moorefield Road.
BRANDON MYERS, REGION 51 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Myers: Cottonwood Fire’s cause probably will stay a mystery
This photo the night of March 14-15 from the Lincoln County intersection of South Fletcher and Kaneb roads captures the scope and ferocity of the 129,253-acre Cottonwood Fire. The location is about 1 mile north of Jeffrey Reservoir's northernmost fingers.
BRANDON MYERS, REGION 51 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Myers: Cottonwood Fire’s cause probably will stay a mystery
The Cottonwood Fire rages on in the Jeffrey Reservoir area the night of March 14-15 in this photo from the intersection of South Fletcher and Kaneb roads south of Brady. The blaze, still smoldering Monday after 19 days, lapped the edges of the popular lake residential area and forced repeated evacuations.
The historic March 12 wildfire in Lincoln and Dawson counties obliterated any evidence that could point to how it started, Region 51 Emergency Manager Brandon Myers told Lincoln County commissioners.
