Fire on the Mountain

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Sunday June 10, 2012 Fort Collins, CO (Current Conditions)

This is the High Park Fire in Larimer County, Colorado on Day 2. The fire, first reported Saturday morning, June 9th, grew to 20,000 acres by late Sunday. More than 2,600 evacuation orders have been issued. View is looking west across Fort Collins toward the foothills above Horsetooth Reservoir.

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Categories: fire, mountains

Camera Type: Nikon D5000

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1. RenoSoHill 5:03 AM GMT on June 11, 2012
Great photo! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: December 12, 2009 Comments: 15206

2. ruralartist 5:40 AM GMT on June 11, 2012
Awesome capture! Thanks for sharing. Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: March 6, 2011 Comments: 4803

3. Wanda1948 7:14 AM GMT on June 11, 2012
Wow, great shot! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: November 18, 2009 Comments: 61691

4. docshovel39 1:10 PM GMT on June 11, 2012
GREAT pic and series ! Hate to see all the damage - 10 Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: October 22, 2010 Comments: 4682

5. gilg72 4:05 PM GMT on June 11, 2012
Wow! Nasty fire. Congrats on the VIP rating on this one. Thank you for sharing. We have 2 very large ones going on in NM at this time too. Hope you are not getting much smoke at your place. Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: June 5, 2010 Comments: 36676

6. CenTexWeatherGal 6:10 PM GMT on June 11, 2012
Oh, wow! What a travesty! Thanks for this shot from FC. My sister lives in Wellington and said a lot of the smoke is going over there. Hope y'all get rain soon! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: March 13, 2009 Comments: 1501

7. gingyb 10:13 PM GMT on June 11, 2012
Unbelieveable. And awesome all at the same time. Great shot Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: June 28, 2009 Comments: 11581

8. nanapoo 1:39 AM GMT on June 15, 2012
AC Congrats on this fantastic shot! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: June 30, 2011 Comments: 17162

9. LonestarSS 8:34 AM GMT on June 15, 2012
Quoting CenTexWeatherGal: Oh, wow! What a travesty! Thanks for this shot from FC. My sister lives in Wellington and said a lot of the smoke is going over there. Hope y'all get rain soon! Nature is not a travesty. Before we fought fires we let them burn. It's just nature supplying nutrients to the soil. Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: October 14, 2004 Comments: 61

10. BisonDoc 4:53 AM GMT on June 17, 2012
Thank you, WU Community, for your comments! Since the High Park Fire started last week it has charred more than 55,000 acres and destroyed more than 180 homes, the largest loss of homes due to a single fire in Colorado history. Lightning was reported as the official cause. Even larger fires have raged throughout the West for millenia, and continue to do so, due to a combination of natural phenomena and, in some cases, human activities. Although these fires are part of a process of forest renewal, their power reaches far beyond their borders, and for those directly affected, they are a real tragedy. Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: December 28, 2008 Comments: 14

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