June means wildfire season - and fires scare the daylights out of me. The only type of death that frightens me is the thought of fire. My husband was a firefighter, and his greatest fear was of drowning... I always thought that was funny, for some reason.
It was very windy all across Colorado, which was a bad thing, in relation to wildfires. There are two, or three, wildfires burning in the state at this time... The reason I'm not sure of the number is because one is called the Spool Fire, the smallest burning at 450 acres, and it's right at the state lines of Colorado and New Mexico. The Fire Incident Report doesn't have an exact position.The Horse Park Fire, in San Miguel County has burned 1,221 acres; and the 416 Fire, south of Durango, is estimated at over 1,500 acres now, and 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes. In New Mexico, the community of Cimarron has been evacuated.
Currently, 42,380 acres, or 66.21875 square miles, has been burned by the twelve current "Large" incidents listed... Here they are:
1. Pine Ridge Fire, Uintah County, Utah - 521 acres
2. Buzzard Fire, Catron County, New Mexico - 24,341 acres
3. Horse Park Fire, San Miguel County, Colorado - 1,221 acres
4. 416 Fire, La Plata County, Colorado - 1,500 acres
5. Ute Park Fire, Colfax County, New Mexico - 3,900 acres
6. Kellar Fire, Eddy County, New Mexico - 5,750 acres
7. Lyons Fire, Quay County, New Mexico - 700 acres
8. Brininstoll Fire, Lea County, New Mexico - 640 acres
9. Spool Fire, Colorado/New Mexico line - 450 acres
10. Webster Fire, Minnesota - 818 acres
11. Cn 346-b Fire, Alabama/Florida line - 482 acres
12. Tye River Fire, Virginia - 2,057 acres
We cannot control lightning strikes, which do ignite wildfires - but - please, be extremely careful with matches, cigars, cigarettes, campfires, controlled burns, and, especially, fireworks this dry season.
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