LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — UPDATE: (8:42 p.m.): Meteorologist Matt Makens said: “I’m seeing now that the Cameron Fire is two different fires. There are multiple channels to a satellite, I’ve selected one that is very heat sensitive. The two bright spots in the center of the screen are the fire(s). Up until today, that fire has been a single unit but this satellite imagery shows two distinct burns. Not sure if Inciweb will update this to a “Cameron peak fire complex” or treat it as a single fire… something to look for anyway.”
According to meteorologist Matt Makens, a smoke plume from the Cameron Peak Fire “exploded” on Saturday afternoon.
Check out the photos submitted to digital-staging.kdvr.com from different locations around northern Colorado.
The Cameron Peak fire from just below the Alpine Visitor Center on Trail Ridge Road Saturday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Cris Alexander. 
Cameron Peak Fire from Estes Park 
Taken in Thornton looking North. The sky gradually filled with smoke. Photo courtesy of John Heaps 
Patricia Venable, Photo taken from Estes Park, Colorado 
View of the Cameron Peak fire from Hoyt Colorado Out East photo taken 9-5-2020 at 7:30pm
Fort Collins cooled down 10-plus degrees as this occurred. In the center of that smoke plume is something called Pyrocumulus. The fire is attempting to develop its own thunderstorm, Makens said.
Mandatory and voluntary evacuations were issued due to the increased fire activity.
Watch the animation of the Cameron Peak plume as it absolutely “explodes” Saturday afternoon.
