June 16, 2012
Colorado wildfire: High Park Fire claims 181 homes 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.

Colorado wildfire: High Park Fire claims 181 homes

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.

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June 11, 2012

Photos: High Park fire is burning out of control west of Fort Collins, Colorado

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.

For more updates, bookmark our live blog, or for photos from Denver Post readers, check out our Read Photo gallery (also recently updated).

(Source: The Denver Post)

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