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Colorado’s Missionary Ridge Fire

The Durango Herald

Fire in the Sky chronicles the awesome force of the Missionary Ridge wildfire that held Southwest Colorado in its grip during the 2002 summer.

Lit by a spark, but rooted in the region’s worst drought on record, the fire transformed Southwest Colorado, burning 57 homes and 70,085 acres, leaving a bitter legacy of debris flows and showcasing La Plata County’s greatest strength – community.