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Roosevelt Fire Photo by Rita Donham, Wyoming Aero Photo LLC Painted Red Cell Tower Photo by Rita Donham, Wyoming Aero Photo LLC

The Roosevelt Fire began on Saturday, September 15th in the Roosevelt Meadows in the Wyoming Range. What started as an 80 acre fire turned into a two week firestorm that grew to more than 61,000 acres threatening many homes in the Hoback and Rim areas between Daniel and Bondurant. By the end of September more than 1,000 personnel were working on the fire day and night and it was the #1 fire priority in the country for resources. The final toll by Friday, October 5th when the 61,511-acre fire was finally contained was 55 homes were lost in the Hoback Ranches area. Fortunately 95 were saved by the valiant firefighting efforts. The fire was ultimately determined to be human-caused, the result of a warming fire left unattended on the opening day of Wyoming general hunting season. These photos were taken by Rita Donham, Wyoming Aero Photo LLC.

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