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| Title: | Largest Wildfire in Colorado's Modern History |
| Caption: | The Hayman fire in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Denver in June 2002 burned more than 560 km2 (138,000 acres or 215 square miles) and was the largest fire in the modern history of Colorado. Dry fuel, high winds, and low humidity hampered efforts to contain the 3-week-long fire which had a total cost of more than $237 million. (Tom Cooper/Getty Images, Inc.) |
| Keywords: | wildfires |