Looking back at Colorado s historic 2020 wildfire season
The three largest wildfires ever recorded in Colorado all happened last year: the Cameron Peak Fire, the East Troublesome Fire and the Pine Gulch Fire. Author: Wilson Beese (9NEWS) Updated: 8:00 AM MDT May 2, 2021
COLORADO, USA 2020 was the most active fire season ever recorded in Colorado. The three largest-recorded wildfires in the state s history led to the evacuation of hundreds of homes and damage to numerous structures everywhere from far northern Colorado to the Western Slope and Boulder County.
Hundreds of homes were destroyed.
Unseasonably warm conditions, a lack of moisture, overabundance of fine fuels and increased recreational traffic across the state were all credited as factors for the 2020 fire season.
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Local, state and federal officials are preparing for what could be another troubling wildfire season in Colorado.
The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control released the state’s 2021 Wildfire Preparedness Plan earlier this month, a document that outlines the state’s wildfire outlook, firefighting resources and recommendations for improving operations in the future, among other points.
The plan begins by reflecting on the 2020 wildfire season and trying to contextualize the growing dangers of wildfires in Colorado at large. Members of the public are well aware by now that the three largest wildfires in the state’s history all unfolded last year: the 208,913-acre Cameron Peak Fire, the 193,812-acre East Troublesome Fire and the 139,007-acre Pine Gulch Fire.
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Officials with the US Forest Service are refuting reports they’re close to pinpointing what or who caused the massive East Troublesome Fire in Grand County.
On Friday, a US Forest Service spokesperson reiterated that the investigation has revealed the fire was “human-caused” but said there is no word yet on exactly what started the deadly blaze.
“There is no update to the investigation,” she said. “The investigation is still in progress.”
Multiple people have contacted the Sky-Hi News in recent days saying that investigators are close to filing charges. However, the USFS spokesperson said that investigators are still interviewing potential witnesses and gathering information, and they are not making any announcements about a cause at this moment.