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The Cameron Peak fire forced the closure of two major east-west highways within the state, along with many other county and local roads. U.S. Route 34 and Highway 14 were both closed for extended periods of time during the fires, with the latter not reopening until late October due to heavy firefighting traffic and equipment. [45]
Strong winds exacerbated conditions in Masonville, Colorado, as the Cameron Peak wildfire grew 20,000 acres in one day, forcing evacuations and damaging structures, reports said.Robby Benson ...
The fire has burned more than 200,000 acres in northern Colorado. Strong winds and dry conditions have fanned the fire since it started in August. Cameron Peak Fire Could Take Weeks To Contain
Cameron Peak: Larimer: 208,913 August 2020: 469 6 Burned over a span of 112 days. [68] [69] All deaths occurred in post-fire flood events related to the fire. Four people died in 2021, [70] and two people died in 2022 [71] from post-fire flash flood and debris flow events. 3. Hayman: Douglas, Jefferson, Park, Teller: 138,114 June 2002: 600 6
Caused by lightning. It was the largest wildfire in Colorado history until it was surpassed by the Cameron Peak Fire seven weeks later. 6 structures destroyed [3] [6] Grizzly Creek: Garfield, Eagle: 32,631: August 10: December 18: Human-caused. 3 structures destroyed. [3] [20] Cameron Peak: Larimer: 208,913: August 13: December 2: Unknown cause.
Thick smoke from the Cameron Peak wildfire plunged swaths of northern Colorado into darkness on October 14, as the blaze became reportedly the largest in the state’s history.The blaze had torn ...
Almost seven weeks later, it was surpassed by the Cameron Peak Fire in Larimer County. [4] [1] The Pine Gulch Fire burned on private and public lands and threatened gas and oil drilling infrastructure. The fire resulted in the closure of highways, government-managed and recreational land, and the evacuation of rural residences in the fire zone.
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