Mullen Fire
The Mullen Fire was a wildfire that burned over 176,878 acres (71,580 ha), 28 miles (45 km) west of Laramie, Wyoming. The fire started on September 17, 2020, in the Savage Run Wilderness of Carbon County, and spread to Albany County. On September 30, it spread into Jackson County, Colorado. The cause is still under…
Where it happened
United States, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- October 17, 2020
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- United States
- Country
- United States
What happened
The Mullen Fire was a wildfire that burned over 176,878 acres (71,580 ha), 28 miles (45 km) west of Laramie, Wyoming. The fire started on September 17, 2020, in the Savage Run Wilderness of Carbon County, and spread to Albany County. On September 30, it spread into Jackson County, Colorado. The cause is still under investigation. It burned close to the Rob Roy Reservoir and Platte River Wilderness.
On October 15, 2020, the fire was estimated to span 25 miles north to south, and 23 miles east to west.
Sources
Wikidata Q99514945 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “Mullen Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.