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The Pine Gulch Fire was a wildfire that burned in Mesa County and Garfield County, Colorado in the United States. The fire was started by a lightning strike and first reported on July 31, 2020, and quickly grew, resulting in the fire being named the largest wildfire in Colorado history, surpassing the 2002 Hayman Fire . [ 3 ]
The 2012 Colorado forest fires broke the record for most destructive fire twice and led to declaration of a federal disaster area in June 2012. [5] The 2013 Colorado forest fires, fueled by high heat and winds [ 6 ] again broke the record for the most destructive and included what was the second largest fire (by area) in Colorado history until ...
Fruita (/ ˈ f r uː t ə /) is a home rule municipality located in western Mesa County, Colorado, United States. [1] The city population was 13,395 at the 2020 United States census. [3] Fruita is a part of the Grand Junction, Colorado Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies within the Grand Valley.
The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Investigators are still trying to determine what sparked a massive fire in a suburban area near Denver that burned neighborhoods to the ground and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and other buildings.
Three years ago, Erik Ela, his wife and his now 4-year-old son, Alex, lost their two cats and their home in the Marshall Fire. It was two days before Alex's birthday.
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.
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