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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.
It is the site of the July 1994 South Canyon Fire in which 14 firefighters died. After the fire eliminated valuable vegetation and ground cover, torrential rains caused a mudslide on the night of September 1, 1994, that buried 30 cars and seriously injured two people on Interstate 70.
[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 Held the title of the largest wildfire in Colorado for 18 years.
A fast-moving brush fire that erupted Tuesday in Los Angeles threatened homes and sent thousands of residents fleeing, prompting city and state officials to declare a state of emergency.
Wedding photos, pet medication, work supplies: PEOPLE Senior Reporter Danielle Bacher was reporting at the Westwood Recreation Center when the Runyon Canyon fire got close to her home and she got ...
The fire started around 3pm EDT on June 8, 2020 in the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The fire has evacuated the community of Jacob Lake. The cause of the fire is currently unknown. [40] Unknown Timber, Short Grass, Brush Coconino: 71,450 ac 0 0 0 2021 Spur Fire The Spur Fire started on May 27, 2021, in Bagdad. Due to strong winds, the fire ...
The individual killed in the Stone Canyon Fire, burning about 20 miles (32 km) north of Boulder, Colorado, was found on Wednesday in one of five homes destroyed near Rocky Mountain National Park ...
The incident was the deadliest wildland firefighting disaster in the US since the 1994 South Canyon Fire in Colorado, which killed 14 firefighters. [30] The Thirtymile Fire went on to burn an area of 9,324 acres (38 km 2) before it was declared fully contained on July 23. Over 1,000 firefighters were brought in to fight the fire.