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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.
Storm King Mountain is a mountain in the White River National Forest of the Rocky Mountains, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in northeastern Garfield County. It is on the north side of the Colorado River and Interstate 70 (I-70), between Glenwood Springs and New Castle .A ski lift at the Copper Mountain Ski Resort is ...
Forecasters with the Los Angeles NWS office noted that these fire weather conditions could "rival other historical fires in recent times," including last month's Mountain Fire and the Thomas Fire ...
As of 7:46 p.m., the fire had burned 14,148 acres and was not contained, according to the latest incident update released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
The Mountain Fire erupted at 8:51 a.m. Wednesday and was fueled by what fire officials called a significant Santa Ana wind event, with gusts of over 60 mph. Embers from the fire were carried over ...
The 2007 California wildfire season saw at least 9,093 separate wildfires that charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land. [1] Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [5] which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. [6]
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: Grand Mesa, west of Cedaredge, Colorado. 1951: 350 acres (140 ha) Fremont Peak fire ...
A wildfire in Southern California has destroyed homes and prompted evacuations in Malibu, the iconic, affluent and mountainous beach community. 'Dangerous situation': Powerful, erratic Santa Ana ...