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Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref Range 153 El Paso: 1,816: February 25: March 5 [1]Range 135 El Paso: 7,744: February 29: March 5 [2]Boggsville
The Colorado State Forest Service was established by the Colorado General Assembly in 1955 and oversees response to wildfires in Colorado. [ not verified in body ] Part of the 2002 Colorado wildfires that burned nearly 360,000 acres, the Hayman Fire , was the largest wildfire in Colorado state history for nearly 20 years [ 4 ] [ 5 ] until the ...
The Hayman Fire burned from June 8, until it was classified as contained on June 28, 2002. [2] The cause of the wildfire was found to be arson. [3] When then-Governor Bill Owens responded to a reporter's question following an aerial tour of the fires ("What does it look like up there?"), Owens said "It looks as if all of Colorado is burning today."
Wildfire smoke has spread miles from the major blazes as fire crews and the National Guard work to control them. Follow live coverage here See before and after photos from the California wildfires:
One house was destroyed and 700 others have been evacuated due to the Highland Lakes wildfire in Divide, Colorado, according to officials. Strong gusts of wind could make the fire grow. The ...
Wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area continued to burn mostly out of control on Thursday, with at least five blazes engulfing more than 45 square miles.. At least 16 people have died as a ...
The 2020 Colorado wildfire season was a series of significant wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Colorado as part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season. With a total of 665,454 acres (269,300 ha) burned, and the 3 largest fires in state history, it is Colorado's largest wildfire season on record.
While firefighters and first responders continue to battle the blazes that erupted just two days ago — and as the ultimate scale of the destruction is still coming into focus — before-and ...