Ordway Fire
Where: Ordway, Crowley Co., Colorado
Date of Origin: 04/15/2008 at 1500 hrs
Situation as of 04/18/08:
Total Personnel ~300
Size 8,900 acres
Percent Contained 100%
Summary: Two firefighter fatalities. Fire Chief Terry DeVore and firefighter John Schwartz died Tuesday when their fire truck crossed a burned bridge and plunged into a ravine. See [here].
More than 24 homes were destroyed. Video [here]
Evacuations: 1,200 people evacuated. Evacuation order lifted.
Cause: two insufficiently extinguished controlled burns that rekindled. See [here].
