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Originally Posted by TOMAHAWK9521
A fire broke out in Estes Park this past weekend, destroying multiple cabins and other structures. I don't know if they have that one contained. If not, kiss Rocky Mountain National Park, as you know it, goodbye.
I've also come across some odd internet chatter about rumors of arsonists may be responsible for some of these blazes. I'm trying to remember where I read the statement but one account claims to have seen a guy toss a propane tank out into the woods and detonate by rifle fire before racing off in his truck.
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I worked a horse show this past weekend just south of Lyons, and the smoke from the Estes Park fire made it down to us on Saturday. Not a good time for both riders and horses.
I spoke with a guy who worked with Left Hand Fire Dept. and was up in Estes. He said that that one was mainly contained to structures in the town. The fire kept jumping from roof top to roof top because the residence up there DIDN'T clean out their gutters of dead pine needles and pine cones, so the embers just kept jumping. They had it contained fairly well to just the structures, but those home owners near sightedness of NOT cleaning out their gutters cost them.
This guy also said that these fires have been suspicious in nature as well. He had said there was a theory that it was someone in an aircraft dropping incendiaries. That's a bit of stretch IMO, but it is some what plausible seeing the remoteness of these fires.
Someone got a picture of both the High Park fire and the one in Estes Park from atop of Long's Peak. I'll see if I can track it down and post it up.