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October 23, 2020

Rocky Mountain National Park Closes as Colorado Experiences Two Largest Wildfires on Record
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In Colorado, a wildfire raging in Rocky Mountain National Park exploded
in size Thursday by more than 100,000 acres, jumping the Continental
Divide and leaving residents of mountain towns scrambling to evacuate.
The East Troublesome Fire has grown to over 170,000 acres - the
second-largest wildfire ever recorded in Colorado. Meanwhile,
firefighters continue to battle the largest wildfire in Colorado
history, the nearby Cameron Peak Fire. Massive smoke plumes from
Colorado's fires reached into the stratosphere, shrouding the sun and
turning skies orange as far away as Minnesota and Wisconsin.


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