VTGremlin: I was in CO Springs on Saturday. I was actually told by someone there that it was arson too, as there had been multiple fires cropping up all over that area.

All my family lives there (From there originally) so my newsfeed has been constant fire updates and a lot of them were talking about an arsonist.

But it's nice to know that it was lightning and not an insane person hell bent on destroying our state.

Ooshatielf: santadog: It was lightning, and that's official. Here in Estes Park, about 20 miles from where that fire started, we had an incredible lighting storm roll thru Friday night. So on Saturday morning when I saw the smoke plume, I was not surprised.

Okay, I had heard rumors through facebook that Waldo Canyon and some of the southern fires were from an arsonist.

Doubtful, and inciweb.org has all information about every fire in the country, including what set it off, what equipment is being used, etc.. and I haven't seen arson as a cause to any of these fires.

Conditions here are just so freaking dry. People aren't suppose to smoke cigs outside unless they have 3ft around them of non flammable things. Broken glass with sun hitting it right can set things off at this point. A hot muffler touching grass can set off a fire. There's no run off from the mountains, creeks are dry, and the amount of fuel available for any of these fires is just crazy. Between the dry high grasses on the front range to Beetle Kill in the Forests, it really is just the perfect storm.

santadog: , it really is just the perfect storm.

Yeah, I can see that. :/

i hope people get out before the order comes, when its possible. learn from others, roads get impassible.

Stay safe Coloradoan! My thoughts are with you...

I wonder if the budgets on wild fire prevention and fighting has been cut on the Federal/State/Local level...

RobertBruce: i hope people get out before the order comes, when its possible. learn from others, roads get impassible.

Absolutely! DO NOT wait for orders. I was out of my cabin an hour before the mandatory evac order came, and I'm glad. Nothing worse then everyone heading for the same exit routes as a shiat ton of others.
Start packing, while it's not critical. It's easy to remember the most important stuff when you aren't scrambling to get the fark out.
Get flashlights, water, toilet paper, and grab some food.

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santadog: Ooshatielf: santadog: It was lightning, and that's official. Here in Estes Park, about 20 miles from where that fire started, we had an incredible lighting storm roll thru Friday night. So on Saturday morning when I saw the smoke plume, I was not surprised.

Okay, I had heard rumors through facebook that Waldo Canyon and some of the southern fires were from an arsonist.

Doubtful, and inciweb.org has all information about every fire in the country, including what set it off, what equipment is being used, etc.. and I haven't seen arson as a cause to any of these fires.

Conditions here are just so freaking dry. People aren't suppose to smoke cigs outside unless they have 3ft around them of non flammable things. Broken glass with sun hitting it right can set things off at this point. A hot muffler touching grass can set off a fire. There's no run off from the mountains, creeks are dry, and the amount of fuel available for any of these fires is just crazy. Between the dry high grasses on the front range to Beetle Kill in the Forests, it really is just the perfect storm.

An arsonist or arsonists set 21 fires around Teller County last week so it's natural that people would wonder. However the M.O. of Waldo Canyon fire is different from the Teller arson fires. So this fire was probably not set by the previous perp(s). Who knows yet whether it was arson by some other firebug, accidental or natural.

Conditions are so bad, it would be easy for somebody to drop a cigarette butt or be careless with a campfire and for an unintentional smolder to turn into this monstrous fire. Or a spark kicked up from a tool, or even static electricity.

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That photo made my heart drop about a foot.

Corporate Self: Sadly, its not AZ or TX.

F*CK YOU!

North West Springs

Stay safe,cousin

Human cause doesn't automatically mean arson. Idiots can start fires all sorts of ways by accident.

Here's some heli pics from Saturday in Estes Park.

cygnusx13: Trading Tebow has created a vengeful God. Look what Elway hath wrought.

That's it! Thread's over! Nothing left to say here, folks!

\ Stay safe, CO FARKers...

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I was on Rampart Range Road and saw the Fire basically when it started. I have video and pictures and believe I know who started the fire. I have left 4 messages with the tip line and have not received a call back. The perpetraitors are probably in another state by now and as time passes crucial evidence is being lost! Somebody needs to contact me asap. I may go to the Television stations tomorrow. What a shame!

They might be a little busy right now.