Hayman Fire
UPDATED: 4:11 p.m. MDT June 11, 2002
- Started: Saturday, about 55 miles southwest of Denver in the Pike National Forest.
- Size: 77,000 acres.
- Containment: 5 percent.
- Evacuations: 13,000 people asked to leave around town of Sedalia in Douglas County and residents of 2,400 houses urged to evacuate in Jefferson County. In Teller County, residents of about 400 houses ordered to leave.
- Damage: One structure.
- On Scene: About 400 firefighters, but fire was too dangerous to allow them in path of fire.
- Cause: Illegal campfire. Officials were searching for suspects.
- Cost: Unknown.
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