2.9 Million Coloradans Now Live in Areas at Risk of Wildfire

Like a volcano, glowing fires started by lightning burn in the Lime Gulch Fire as smoke fills the valleys and mountains in the Platte River Canyon on the evening of June 19, 2013.

The number of Coloradans whose homes are at risk from wildfires soared 45 percent in five years, reflecting the state’s booming population and changing uses of agricultural land, state officials said. The Colorado State Forest Service said 2.9 million people now live in the wildland-urban interface, defined as places where homes are built in or… Continue reading 2.9 Million Coloradans Now Live in Areas at Risk of Wildfire