Photographs of the Weber Fire taken Sunday by The Durango Herald
Flames of the Weber fire run up a hillside just east of Mancos Sunday afternoon threating several structures. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A Skycrane firefighting helicopter circles structures just east of Mancos Sunday is it prepares to drop water in the effort to contain the Weber Fire. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A couple on bicycles pause along the Mancos bypass to observe the spread of the Weber Fire Sunday afternoon. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
Incident command and law enforcement officals observe the progress of the Weber fire Sunday afternoon from the command center in Mancos. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A helicopter lines up for a bucket drop of water against a wall a flames threatening structures just east of Mancos Sunday afternoon. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A firefighting helicopter heads towards a pond to fill it’s bucket within Elks Springs Ranch Sunday during the continuing fight against the Weber Fire. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A firefighting helicopter flys low past a house within Elks Springs Ranch Sunday during the continuing fight against the Weber Fire. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A firefighting helicopter takes on water during the continuing fight against the Weber Fire Sunday just east of Mancos. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
County officials watch as a Skycrane firefighting helicopter flys in to fight the Weber Fire just south of Mancos Hill on U.S. 160. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A wall of flames of the Weber fire climbs a mountainside just east of Mancos Sunday afternoon. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A Montezuma County Sheriff deputy clears cars parked along U.S. Highway 160 just east of the Mancos town limits as people try to get a glimpse of the continuing Weber Fire. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
A fixed wing firefighting aircraft delivers a load of slurry in an attempt to keep flames from the Weber fire away from home near Mancos Sunday afternoon. SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
Bryant Robb, left, stops below his house after evacuating with the help of Frank Nation, on Sunday as the Weber Fire continued to grow south of U.S. highway 160 east of Mancos on Sunday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Casey Zahorka, a deputy with the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Department keeps a road closed after homes were evacuated on Sunday as the Weber Fire continued to grow south of U.S. highway 160 east of Mancos on Sunday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
More homes were evacuated on Sunday as the Weber Fire continued to grow south of U.S. highway 160 east of Mancos on Sunday. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
