Contained 🇺🇸 Colorado

Sawmill Fire

Discovered Apr 23, 2017 · AZA3S

🕐 Started …

Acres Burned

47,027

Containment

100%

Location

Colorado

Discovered

Apr 23, 2017

Structures

—

Casualties

—

Containment progress100%

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Apr 23, 2017

Fire ignites — Sawmill discovered.

Final

100% contained at 47,027 acres. Recovery operations begin.

Wildfire, at 47,000 Acres, May Have Started from Gunshots - AZPM News

Officials release video from gender reveal party that ignited a 47,000-acre wildfire - CNN

See Moment Massive AZ Wildfire Started - firehouse.com

6abc Philadelphia

Gender reveal party leads to 47,000-acre wildfire - 6abc Philadelphia

Couple Who Started Gender Reveal Wildfire Charged With Manslaughter - them.us

Video of a botched gender reveal party sparking a wildfire was released in 2018 - 12News

Arizona Daily Star

60 photos of Sawmill Fire south of Tucson - Arizona Daily Star

The Washington Post

A Border Patrol agent threw a gender-reveal party. He ended up starting a 47,000-acre wildfire. - The Washington Post

Father pleads guilty to starting fire after gender reveal gone wrong - NBC News

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