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Was the most destructive fire in terms of number of homes lost until the Marshall Fire. [56] 5. Cameron Peak: Larimer: 208,913 August 2020: 469 6 Burned over a span of 112 days. [57] [58] All deaths occurred in post-fire flood events related to the fire.
Las Animas is located in northwest Bent County at (38.066980, -103.225937), [12] along the Arkansas U.S. Highway 50 is the main highway through the city, leading west 82 miles (132 km) to Pueblo and east 36 miles (58 km) to Lamar .
It began as a brush fire near the site where an earlier fire, called the Lachman Fire, had been located on Jan. 1, and it spiraled out of control as high winds hit the region.
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The most intense winds from the storm are set to peak between 10 p.m. Tuesday night through 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to LA Fire Department Chief Kristin M. Crowley.
The Purgatoire River watershed is lightly populated and its population has been declining for almost 100 years. Las Animas County in which most of the watershed is located has seen its population drop by more than 60 percent since 1930. Two towns, Trinidad and Las Animas, are located near the river.
[5] [6] Also surpassing the Pine Gulch Fire in size was the East Troublesome Fire, which, when fully contained on November 30, had burned a total of 193,812 acres. In total, the suppression costs for the fires during the 2020 season amounted to at least $266 million (2020 USD ).
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