Beaver Creek Fire Aug. 19, 2011
On Friday, August 19, 2011, a fire started just southwest of Monument, CO. It was near the north end of the US Air Force Academy and at the edge of the Pike National Forest. The pictures are when the fire was about 45 acres. The fire grew to about 100 acres. No structures were damaged. The fire climbed the mountain towards the National Forest away from the city. We could easily see the smoke from our deck. We couldn’t see the fire itself because there is a building in the way. The Forest Service close several roads west of the fire because that was the direction the fire was headed and they thought people might try to head down the roads and get trapped by the fire.
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