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Black Forest Fire Day 1

Photojournalism News Coverage of the Black Forest Fire near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, via Three Alarm Productions.

On June 11, 2013, Black Forest Fire Protection District, located in El Paso County, Colorado, was dispatched to a wildland fire. Because of heat and high wind speeds, this fire quickly got out of control. Multiple agencies were requested for mutual aid. There is zero containment at this time. Many residents have already been evacuated because of the size of the fire.
See evacuation area map at: http://goo.gl/maps/pamTz
See continuous news coverage from Three Alarm Productions on Day 2 at: http://threealarm.smugmug.com/Journalism/Fire-Fighters/Black-Forest-Fire-Day-2/29955447_rhQNVV#!i=2571948594&k=zn7sXKJ

Updates: This massive wildland fire incident has scorched approximately 16,300 acres of the Black Forest Area, which is located North of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as of the afternoon of June 14, 2013. This fire disaster has become the most destructive fire in the history of the State of Colorado.
Number of homes burned: 400
Incident Commander: Rich Harvey
Planned Actions of emergency personnel on this incident:
Continue to anchor, flank and pinch where fire and terrain allow. Continue structure protection and maintain evacuations.
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BLACK FOREST FIRE INCIDENT-DAY ONE, near Colorado Springs, on the afternoon of June 11, 2013.<br />
This is looking north from the intersection of Shoup Road and Milam Road in Black Forest, Colorado. Dark, aggressive smoke plumes started moving through the area, during the early stages of this massive blaze, which took ten days of many national, regional, and local fire fighters, to contain it's fury.<br />
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Black Forest Fire information line: Call 719-444-8300 <br />
Black Forest Fire investigation tip line: Call 719-444-8393<br />
You can also e-mail tips to: blackforestfiretipline@elpasoco.com
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BLACK FOREST FIRE INCIDENT-DAY ONE, near Colorado Springs, on the afternoon of June 11, 2013.
This is looking north from the intersection of Shoup Road and Milam Road in Black Forest, Colorado. Dark, aggressive smoke plumes started moving through the area, during the early stages of this massive blaze, which took ten days of many national, regional, and local fire fighters, to contain it's fury.

Black Forest Fire information line: Call 719-444-8300
Black Forest Fire investigation tip line: Call 719-444-8393
You can also e-mail tips to: blackforestfiretipline@elpasoco.com

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  • BLACK FOREST FIRE INCIDENT-DAY ONE, near Colorado Springs, on the afternoon of June 11, 2013.<br />
This is looking north from the intersection of Shoup Road and Milam Road in Black Forest, Colorado. Dark, aggressive smoke plumes started moving through the area, during the early stages of this massive blaze, which took ten days of many national, regional, and local fire fighters, to contain it's fury.<br />
<br />
Black Forest Fire information line: Call 719-444-8300 <br />
Black Forest Fire investigation tip line: Call 719-444-8393<br />
You can also e-mail tips to: blackforestfiretipline@elpasoco.com
  • Updated, Google's Earth, Fire Map of the Black Forest Fire Incident, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.<br />
See June 15, 2013 Fire Map at: <a href="http://www.elpasoco.com/Documents/BFF%20WebMap-061513-1100.pdf">http://www.elpasoco.com/Documents/BFF%20WebMap-061513-1100.pdf</a><br />
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This massive blaze grew to become the most destructive fire in the history of Colorado.<br />
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This is the FINAL update on the incident on June 20, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.<br />
Fire Facts: Date started: June 11, 2013 <br />
Number of Personnel: 362 <br />
Location: Black Forest, Colorado <br />
Crews: 4 <br />
Size: 14,280 acres <br />
Engines: 42 <br />
Percent Contained: 100% <br />
Estimated Containment: 06/20/2013 <br />
Fire Dozers: 2 <br />
Water Tenders: 7 <br />
Cause: Under investigation <br />
Helicopters: 1 Type 3 <br />
Structures lost: 502<br />
Injuries to Date: 1 <br />
Cost to Date: $9,323,955<br />
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See evacuation zones on "Google's Maps Engine" at <a href="https://mapsengine.google.com/map/embed?mid=zynfDqx-iJig.k3otgkqnCm-A">https://mapsengine.google.com/map/embed?mid=zynfDqx-iJig.k3otgkqnCm-A</a>
  • Colorado Springs Police Officers enroute code 3 for traffic control, mutual aid, on the Black Forest Fire Incident. Seen here heading eastbound on Shoup Road in El Paso County, Colorado. June 11, 2013
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  • People watch in horror as flames and heavy smoke move quickly across neighborhoods in Black Forest, Colorado, which is located North of Colorado Springs. Firefighters worked aggressively to fight this fire in its early stages. The weather conditions assisted the blaze in quickly spreading to other areas of the neighborhood, and soon got out of control. This large incident required a significant amount of time, resources, and fire fighters to mitigate.<br />
This is looking north up Milam Road from Shoup Road.<br />
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This forest fire has escalated to become the most destructive fire in the history of Colorado.<br />
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Black Forest Fire information line: Call 719-444-8300 <br />
Black Forest Fire investigation tip line: Call 719-444-8393<br />
You can also e-mail tips to: blackforestfiretipline@elpasoco.com
  • Colorado Springs Fire Department's Wildland Team 9, responding Code 3 mutual aid, to the Black Forest Fire Incident, on June 11, 2013.
  • Colorado Springs Fire Department's  Wildland 9 responding the Black Forest Fire.
  • A Donald Westcott Fire Tender responding the Black Forest Fire Incident.
  • Donald Westcott Fire Tender 2 responding Code 3 to the Black Forest Fire on June 11, 2013.
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  • Westcott Fire Medic 582 enroute to the Black Forest Fire Incident. June 11, 2013
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  • A Fire Tender from Falcon Fire Protection District responding to the Black Forest Fire.
  • A Fire Tender from Falcon Fire Protection District responding to the Black Forest Fire.
  • A Fire Tender from Falcon Fire Protection District responding to the Black Forest Fire.
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  • Donald Westcott Fire Unit 501 getting an assessment on the spread of the Black Forest Fire.
  • Evacuation zones and road blocks were put into place quickly as the Black Forest Fire went out of control. Colorado Springs Police Officers were called in to help El Paso County Sheriff Deputies with the massive task of evacuating people and keeping others out of the fire zone.
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