High Park Fire
by Ellen Heaverlo
Title
High Park Fire
Artist
Ellen Heaverlo
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Photograph - Digital Photography
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The High Park fire was a wildfire in the mountains west of Fort Collins in Larimer County, Colorado, USA. It was caused by a lightning strike and was first detected on the morning of June 9, 2012. It was declared 100 percent contained on June 30, 2012.
The High Park fire burned over 87,250 acres, becoming the second-largest fire in recorded Colorado history by area burned, after the Hayman Fire of 2002. It destroyed at least 259 homes, surpassing the number consumed by the 2010 Fourmile Canyon fire. The High Park fire became the most destructive fire in Colorado history, in terms of the number of houses burned, but was surpassed about a week later by the Waldo Canyon fire.
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December 2nd, 2012
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Jeff Swan
Stunning Ellen
Ellen Heaverlo replied:
Thank you Jeff! I actually worked on the fire with an Incident Management Team I'm part of. Nothing like firefighting though. Doing timecards etc for the equipment that's out there.