get headlines https://thecherrycreeknews.comIn the 35 years that Mike Lester has worked as a forester, nothing compares to the East Troublesome fire’s behavior this week. Its 105,000-acre jump from Wednesday night into Thursday alone would classify as the fifth-largest wildfire in recorded state history; the fire as a whole is now the second-largest.“I’ve never heard of something going quite this fast,” said Lester, the state forester and director of the Colorado State Forest Service.Thi [...]
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