Wildfire in Yuma County, Colorado

Wildfire October 22, 2022 · Yuma County, Colorado

$1K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A hotspot was noticed on satellite. Yuma county dispatch was contacted and reported that fire response was seeing smoke and was already enroute to the fire.

The wider storm

A grassland wildfire in extreme southwest Yuma County Colorado was noticed around 12:15 PM MDT. Multiple fire departments were dispatched and containment of the fire was achieved at 6 PM MDT. Due to strong winds and low relative humidity values, teams were kept on site overnight to combat flare-ups and hot spots. In total, 3,250 acres of grassland and an old, abandoned building were burnt.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1056383. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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