Another fire...?!
Jun. 21st, 2002 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
A new fire has broken out near South Fork, which is north of Pagosa Springs on Highway 160. It's been called the "Million" and is currently 0% "contained."

I've taken the liberty of editing a MapQuest map for this, my personal journal, showing what I believe to be the locations of both the Missionary Ridge fire (which is now apparently the most severe fire in the state) and the "new kid on the block." Fortunately, nothing seems to have happened in Pagosa in my absence thus far, and I will feel better once I am back home.
Cheers...

I've taken the liberty of editing a MapQuest map for this, my personal journal, showing what I believe to be the locations of both the Missionary Ridge fire (which is now apparently the most severe fire in the state) and the "new kid on the block." Fortunately, nothing seems to have happened in Pagosa in my absence thus far, and I will feel better once I am back home.
Cheers...
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Date: 2002-06-21 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-06-21 06:05 pm (UTC)We had a small fire in Pagosa shortly before I came down. It was quashed by three air "strikes", but was apparently caused by some teens who did not do a thorough job of putting out their wiener roast (and who violated the prohibition against open fires to begin with).
My understanding is that fires in remote wooded areas are generally due to human action or lightning (although there was a case last year of a series of small fires out along where my friend Alex F. lives, which was attributed to meteor fragments reaching the earth [go figure]).
Cheers...
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Date: 2002-06-21 09:36 pm (UTC)i haven't confirmed that yet, but Estes Park was flooded with smoke today, and we've had none until today.