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Bridger Fire

Added by yongli on 01/21/2021 - 13:04, last changed on 02/01/2023 - 09:40
On June 10, 2008, lightning sparked the Bridger Fire in a US Army training area in southeast Colorado, about twenty-five miles south of La Junta . Also known as the Piñon Canyon Fire, the blaze went on to become a significant wildfire , burning 46,612 acres of grassland in Las Animas County ...

Last Chance Fire

Added by yongli on 01/21/2021 - 13:52, last changed on 04/12/2023 - 18:38
The Last Chance Fire started on June 25, 2012, when sparks from a motorist’s flat tire set the prairie ablaze near the town of Last Chance in eastern Colorado. The fire was 100 percent contained in nearly twenty-four hours, but in that time the wildfire scorched 45,000 acres and destroyed several...
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