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- The South Canyon Fire was a 1994 wildfire that took the lives of 14 wildland firefighters on Storm King Mountain, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on July 6, 1994. It is often also referred to as the "Storm King" fire. It was the subject of John Maclean 's book Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire.
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Burned area. 2,115 acres (9 km 2) Impacts. Deaths. 14. Ignition. Cause. Lightning. The South Canyon Fire was a 1994 wildfire that took the lives of 14 wildland firefighters on Storm King Mountain, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on July 6, 1994.
SOUTH CANYON FIRE. July 6, 1994, fourteen wildland firefighters gave their lives on Storm King Mountain during the South Canyon Fire. To honor the Storm King 14 and the surviving fire teams on the 30th Anniversary of this tragic fire, local, state and federal organizations are planning a commemoration July 6, 2024, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado ...
The South Canyon Fire began in early July 1994 on Storm King Mountain, in Garfield County west of Glenwood Springs. On July 6, high winds stoked the fire into a deadly conflagration that killed fourteen firefighters.
Jul 5, 2019 · Published: Jul. 05, 2019, 8:02 a.m. The 20 Prineville Hotshots before the South Canyon Fire. (Prineville Hotshots) LC- By. Douglas Perry | The Oregonian/OregonLive. Lightning cracked across...
Jul 7, 2019 · GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — More than 100 people gathered in western Colorado to honor 14 firefighters killed 25 years ago on Storm King Mountain. Family members, friends of the victims and survivors of the fire hiked up the Storm King Memorial Trail Saturday and reflected on the lessons and losses of the July 6, 1994, disaster, The ...
Oct 25, 2002 · Oct. 25, 2002. Fire On The Mountain is a riveting documentary investigating the death of the 14 firefighters killed in 1994 on Storm King Mountain in Colorado, one of the worst disasters...
Jul 3, 2014 · By John N. Maclean. July 03, 2014. • 15 min read. Twenty years ago, at 4 p.m. on July 6, a wave of flame swept along a ridge on Colorado's Storm King Mountain, killed 14 firefighters, and...
