More than $6.6 million in aircraft-related costs.

Almost $6 million for firefighting handcrews.

Another $4 million for bulldozers, fire engines, water tenders and other firefighting equipment.

Then add in another $3.6 million for camp personnel. Also, about $1.6 million for catering, $2 million for facilities, and other costs for things such as supplies and showers that have contributed to $8 million in firefighting camp support costs.

Put it all together with some other miscellaneous expenses, and that’s how the estimated cost of fighting the Turner Gulch Fire in Mesa County had approached nearly $30 million as of Tuesday, when the Sentinel was provided a breakdown of those costs.

By Thursday the cost estimate had risen to $31.1 million, according to the daily Incident Management Sit

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