What the records say
- When
- 2012
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 38.89° N, 104.87° W
- Description
- 2012 Colorado Wildfire
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Waldo Canyon Fire
2012 forest fire in Colorado, US
The Waldo Canyon fire was a forest fire that started approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado on June 23, 2012, and was declared 100 percent contained on July 10, 2012, after no smoke plumes were visible on a small portion of the containment line on Blodgett Peak. The fire was active in the Pike National Forest and adjoining areas, covering a total of 18,247 acres.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Thirty-two thousand people in the US city of Colorado Springs flee from the Waldo Canyon Fire that has destroyed hundreds of homes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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