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Cameron Peak Fire, state’s largest on record, fully contained

Cameron Peak Fire

After 112 days, the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history is fully contained, officials said Wednesday.

The Cameron Peak Fire, which burned 208,913 acres. ignited on Aug. 13 in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest near Cameron Pass and Chambers Lake. 

“We have traveled a long road together; this evening, we can breath a collect sigh of relief with you,” the latest update on the fire’s incident management website read. 

The Larimer County Damage Assessment Teams found 469 structures were impacted by the blaze and only eight of those structures remain intact, according to the report

A total of 224 of those structures were residential and all but four were destroyed. 

“As the community come together to support those who suffered property loss, we stand with them. We feel the pain of being displaced and not having a home to go back to,” said Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith at the time the incident report was released. 

Despite the fire being 100% contained, Andy Gray, a public information for the Cameron Peak fire, said there are still hot patches smoldering around the impact zone, but officials do not believe there will be any further movement by the fire.  

As of Wednesday evening, fire officials were still investigating the cause of the state’s largest wildfire. 


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