Colorado wildfire burns hundreds of acres

Controlled burn and downed power line sparked Colorado's costliest wildfire

Colorado's costliest wildfire on record started from fierce winds that damaged power lines and unearthed smoldering embers from a controlled burn days earlier, sparking two blazes that merged into a deadly conflagration,

USA Today · 15h

Embers from old fire and sparks from power line caused massive Colorado blaze in 2021

Authorities say embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home and a sparking power line separately caused a Colorado wildfire fanned by high winds that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead.

USA Today · 17h

$2 billion Colorado wildfire likely sparked by power line, old bonfire, authorities say

Authorities declined to bring any criminal charges in connection with the 2021 Marshall Fire, but noted lawsuits would likely be filed by victims.

San Diego Union-Tribune · 5h

Colorado’s most destructive wildfire caused by embers from old fire, sparks from power line

Authorities say embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home and a sparking power line separately caused a Colorado wildfire fanned by high winds that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left

YAHOO!News · 10h

Colorado’s most destructive wildfire sparked by power line, extinguished burn

The Marshall Fire happened nearly a year and a half ago on Dec. 30, 2021, but investigators say they believe its origins may actually date to nearly a week earlier.

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Wildfire near Wickenburg burns hundreds of acres

WICKENBURG, Ariz. - Fire crews are working to contain a wildfire just outside Wickenburg that has burned hundreds of acres. The Cloud Fire has grown 871 acres, but forestry officials say ...

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Colorado wildfires cause winter snowpack to melt rapidly, threatening watershed for millions of Americans

McGrath specifically focused his studies on the Cameron Peak Fire burn scar. The Cameron Peak Fire is Colorado's largest fire on record, burning more than 208,000 acres in 2020. The Cameron ...

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Controlled Burns Help Prevent Wildfires, Experts Say. But Regulations Have Made It Nearly Impossible to Do These Burns.

This story was co ... burns after one escaped in 2012 and killed three people. The Lower North Fork Fire, near the foothill community of Conifer, burned 24 structures and 4,140 acres.

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Massive prescribed burn in Larimer County expected to help prevent wildfires for 10 years

Crews set fire to Red ... burn that charred hundreds of thousands of acres in New Mexico in 2022. And after living through a close call with the Cameron Peak Fire, Colorado's largest ...

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