Dozens of volunteers filled thousands of sandbags Saturday in the High Park burn area, hoping to keep residents from suffering a double-whammy loss.
With flash floods threatening to add to the pain caused by last month’s wildfire, the volunteers spent five hours working near Falls Gulch in Poudre Canyon.
The fast and furious waters dumped a good foot of ash and debris in yards and roadways.
(Photos courtesy Dana Coffield, The Denver Post)
As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2012, the High Park fire near Fort Collins has burned 83,205 acres and 248 homes, and is 45% contained; the Weber fire has burned 8,300 acres and is 0% contained; the Waldo Canyon fire has consumed 5,168 acres and is 5% contained; and the Last Chance fire, now 100% contained, burned 38,400 acres and destroyed 11 structures in one day. Other fires are burning in Colorado including the State Line fire and the Little Sand fire.
If you want to help the victims of these fires, we’ve compiled this list of the best places to direct help and donations.
As firefighters continue to battle the High Park Fire, west of Fort Collins, Colorado, Air National Guard soldiers are documenting the ground and air assault. These photos are from the Colorado National Guard Flickr stream and include images taken by the Nebraska Air National Guard and the Kansas Air National Guard.
Firefighters hope to fully contain the High Park Fire, which has torched 68,440 acres in the mountains west of Fort Collins, on or about July 15. More than 1,800 firefighters are currently fighting the blaze, which is now 60 percent contained, according to the fire incident command website.
(Source: The Denver Post)
As firefighters continue to battle the High Park Fire, west of Fort Collins, Colorado, Air National Guard soldiers are documenting the ground and air assault. These photos are from the Colorado National Guard Flickr stream and include images taken by the Nebraska Air National Guard and the Kansas Air National Guard.
With retardant’s potential threat to wildlife and water, authorities ponder limiting its use
The hundreds of thousands of gallons of red slurry that air tankers are dropping on Colorado forests to shield mountain houses from wildfires has a downside: It is toxic. Laced with ammonia and nitrates, it has the potential to kill fish and taint water supplies.
Larimer County Sheriff’s officials said this afternoon that the number of homes lost in the High Park fire has reached 181, the most in Colorado history surpassing the Four Mile fire in 2010, which claimed 169 homes.
This morning’s fire briefing put the fire at more than 54,232 acres burned, the third-largest in recorded Colorado history. Only the Hayman fire at 137,760 acres and Missionary Ridge, at 71,739 acres are larger, and those fires happened during the drought of 2002.
The High Park Fire is currently at 54,232 acres (84.7 square miles) with 20% containment. The current cost of the fire to date is now estimated at $9.1 million. Here are images of the High Park Fire by Denver Post staff.
An interactive history of major wildfires that frequently blanket Colorado in smoke, and threaten residents and habitats in the Rocky Mountains.
“This fire … we got a mess. It’s so doggone big,” said Bill Hahnenberg, the Type 1 Incident Commander assigned to the High Park fire burning west of Fort Collins, Colorado. He explained the difference between containing a fire and having it under control to Denver Post reporter Jeremy Meyer in an interview this afternoon.
The High Park Fire in Larimer County has burned almost 37,000 acres, damaged or destroyed an estimated 100 structures, and claimed one life so far. About 400 firefighters have been battling the blaze on Monday, and about 200 more are expected within the next 48 hours. The fire is still at 0% containment.
Our photo gallery has recently been updated with more photos of the fire, evacuated residents, and their threatened homes.
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(Source: The Denver Post)
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