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A wildfire burning in Colorado’s heavily populated Front Range region has burned dozens of homes and outbuildings, while a second fire crept within a quarter-mile of evacuated homes near Denver ...
The Quarry Fire burned 420 acres by Thursday afternoon, according to local fire officials. Firefighters were focusing on keeping the fire on the south side of a road and away from those homes.
In addition to the Quarry and Stone Canyon fires, Colorado is also grappling with the Alexander Mountain Fire, which has singed more than 7,600 acres north of Denver and was 1% contained as of ...
Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref 403 Gunnison: 1,096: March 31: April 13: The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) did not document information about this wildfire.
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 ...
Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref Marshall Fire: Boulder: 6,200: December 30, 2021: January 1, 2022: Unknown cause. Killed two and destroyed 1,084 structures, becoming the most destructive fire in Colorado history.
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.
Weather, fuels and terrain will pose challenges for the 6,000 firefighters battling the Park Fire, which has spread over 614 square miles (1,590 square kilometers) since allegedly being started by ...