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P6170022- Hayman Fire Sunset June 17-2001_04 by landscapes through the lens

The forest fire Hayman Fire started on June 8, 2002, 35 miles northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado and 95 miles (southwest of Denver, Colorado and became the largest wildfire in the state's recorded history at over 138,114 acres. See: Colorado wildfires Hundreds of firefighters fought the fast-moving fire, which caused nearly $40 million in firefighting costs, burned 133 homes, 138,114 acres, and forced the evacuation of 5,340 people. Smoke could be seen and smelled across the state from Vail, 108 miles northwest, to Burlington, 188 miles east, and from Broomfield, 50 milesnorth, to Walsenburg, 130 miles south. The Hayman Fire burned from June 8th, 2002, until it was classified as contained on July 18, 2002 The cause of the wildfire was found to be arson. When then-Governor Bill Owens responded to a reporter’s question following an aerial tour of the fires ("What does it look like up there?"), Owens said "It looks as if all of Colorado is burning today."Many western slope residents blamed Owens for driving away tourists with the press's truncated version of the quote ("All of Colorado is burning.")[5] The ‘’’Hayman Fire’’’ was named for a mining ghost town near Tappan Gulch
Mountain of Smoke (العربية: جبل الدخان (البحرين)) is a tourist attraction, one of the Mountains in Sakhir, Bahrain. It is located: 16 km from Dār Kulaib, 28 km from Hamad Town, 187 km from Dammam. Read further
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