Contained 🇺🇸 Colorado

Coal Mine Fire

Discovered Jun 27, 2023 · Rocky Mountain

🕐 Started …

Acres Burned

292

Containment

100%

Location

Colorado

Discovered

Jun 27, 2023

Structures

—

Casualties

—

Containment progress100%

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Jun 27, 2023

Fire ignites — Coal Mine discovered.

Final

100% contained at 292 acres. Recovery operations begin.

Emergency project to mitigate wildfire risk begins at site of Colorado coal mine fire - CBS News

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Fuel-reduction work near Meeker-area mine targets wildfire risk - The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

theheraldtimes.com

Black Diamond Mine fire now ‘top priority’ in Colorado - theheraldtimes.com

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Mine operators face worsening wildfire seasons - Mining.com

The latest on the four wildfires burning in Colorado - Denver7

A smoldering coal seam fire in Boulder is finally out, thanks to federal infrastructure dollars - cpr.org

coloradosun.com

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NPR Utah | KUER

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