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The incident was the deadliest wildland firefighting disaster in the US since the 1994 South Canyon Fire in Colorado, which killed 14 firefighters. [30] The Thirtymile Fire went on to burn an area of 9,324 acres (38 km 2) before it was declared fully contained on July 23. Over 1,000 firefighters were brought in to fight the fire.
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
Weld County grass fire: Kersey, Colorado. 1950: 28,800 acres (11,700 ha) Cheyenne Mountain fire: Fort Carson, Colorado: Destroyed 89 buildings in and around Camp Carson and killed 8 people. Although reports claim the fire was over 45 square miles in size, this number was likely exaggerated. 1950: 2,000 acres (810 ha) Grand Mesa fire
Jul. 30—MOSES LAKE — As of Monday morning, there are 102 large active wildfires being managed nationwide, burning an estimated two million acres according to the National Interagency Fire ...
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The South Canyon Fire was a 1994 wildfire that took the lives of 14 wildland firefighters on Storm King Mountain, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on July 6, 1994. It is often also referred to as the "Storm King" fire. It was the subject of John Maclean's book Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire.
October 30, 2024 at 3:22 PM. ... PHOTO: Colorado Springs Fire Department crews arrived in Teller County, Colo. to help with the Highland Lake Fire, Oct. 29, 2024. ... Crucial jobs report kicks off ...
The 2021 Colorado wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Colorado. According to the National Interagency Fire Center , as of July 1, 2021, at least 32,860 acres (13,300 ha) of land had burned in at least 337 wildland fires across the state.