Sydney May
On Saturday, December 1st, a fire blew from three miles away and started burning away in the Rocky Mountains. Winds of 70 miles per hour blew the Fern Lake Fire overnight to the Rockies, burning at least one cabin to ashes. 3,500 acres have been burned so far. According to a fire spokesman, this fire blew three miles in under thirty minutes. 1,100 phones, land or cell, were called to warn people to evacuate. About two-hundred people went to an evacuation center. So far, after a few months of burning, nobody has been injured or killed- just the land. This fire has been burning for two months, but it has just now gotten to Denver and the Rockies. What they really need is snow, as many of them were saying in the article. This article was written by Keith Coffman. I found it to be very informative and scary at the same time, as I have a few close friends living close to that location. It was written for all audiences, had no bias, and was an interesting read. I hope this fire lets up soon and that there continues to be no injuries.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/01/15601815-hundreds-flee-fire-in-rocky-mountain-national-park-outside-denver?lite
That is scary. Sometime the fire probably could seem small and not dangerous, but a wildfire can easily get out of hand.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how fast wildfires can move...but scary at the same time.
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