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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.
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.
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 ...
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center is forecasting "extreme" fire weather conditions for Tuesday in places like Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Moorpark and Santa Paula along the Southern ...
Fire on the Mountain (ISBN 0061829617) is a 1999 non-fiction book by John N. Maclean that describes the most famous wildland fire of the late 20th century. The book describes the events and aftermath of the South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain on July 6, 1994, in Colorado , which took the lives of 14 firefighters .
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 ...
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 ...
Flames from a wildfire which has already burnt 20,630 acres of land in California could be seen raging directly above one of its airports. The skies above Santa Paula Airport were black with smoke ...