Bucktail Fire
The Bucktail Fire was a wildfire in August 2024 that has burned through 7,202 acres (2,915 ha) of land in Montrose County in the U.S. state of Colorado. It began on August 1. It is currently the second-largest wildfire to ignite during the 2024 Colorado wildfire season. Local law enforcement criminally charged a man…
The record
- Date
- August 1, 2024
- Ended
- September 30, 2024
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- United States
- Country
- United States
What happened
The Bucktail Fire was a wildfire in August 2024 that has burned through 7,202 acres (2,915 ha) of land in Montrose County in the U.S. state of Colorado. It began on August 1. It is currently the second-largest wildfire to ignite during the 2024 Colorado wildfire season. Local law enforcement criminally charged a man with accidentally starting the fire during an attempt to cremate his dog.
Sources
Wikidata Q130417205 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “Bucktail Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.