{"id":2967,"date":"2010-09-19T05:56:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T11:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2010-09-19T04:48:57","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T10:48:57","slug":"the-story-of-the-fourmile-canyon-and-reservoir-road-fires-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/the-story-of-the-fourmile-canyon-and-reservoir-road-fires-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of the Fourmile Canyon and Reservoir Road fires in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Fourmile Canyon Fire is seen crowning on the tops of trees soon after it started. Check out more amazing photos from the fires below. (U.S. Forest Service)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It seems like it had been a while since Colorado suffered a major wildfire and summer had indeed passed quietly in those terms – until Labor Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spurred on by strong winds and fed by tinder dry fuels the Fourmile Canyon Fire in Boulder County soon exploded and served as a reminder that the fire danger was still with us.\u00a0 Photos taken during that blaze and the Reservoir Road Fire tell a story of the battle of man against nature.<\/p>\n

Wildfires can quickly grow from a small event to one that covers thousands of acres destroying property and sometimes claiming lives in the process. Colorado dodged a bullet with the Fourmile Canyon Fire<\/a> and the Reservoir Road Fire<\/a> as no lives were lost and there were very few injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many residents in the burn areas however suffered other losses — that of their home and virtually every belonging they owned. The events torched over 6,500 acres combined and the Fourmile Canyon Fire became the most destructive in state history<\/a> in terms of homes destroyed, as 166 houses were lost.<\/p>\n

\"Slideshow<\/a>Photos taken from the outset of the first fire were impressive. Some were taken from right next to the fire as residents worked to save their homes; others were captured from 22,300 miles in space by NOAA satellites showing smoke traveling across three states.<\/p>\n

The images in the slideshow to the left represent the best images captured by Examiner.com readers, the U.S. Forest Service\u00a0and professional photographers. They tell a compelling story of the fight between man and fire and the battle to save lives and property.\u00a0<\/p>\n