Hayman Fire

The Hayman Fire refers to a more than three weeks raging forest fire in the U.S. state of Colorado in 2002. Triggered by an illegal campfire, it raged in June 2002 in the Pike National Forest between Denver and Colorado Springs and destroyed an area of ​​approximately 55,000 hectares.

The forest fire was triggered on June 8, 2002 with an illegal campfire and spread rapidly after a long period of drought and over again freshening winds from. As the origin ghost town Hayman was identified, after the fire was finally named. It set up a loss of about 40 million U.S. dollars, which destroyed 133 homes and required the relocation of more than 5,000 people after already about 40,000 people had previously been asked by the authorities to be ready for such. The suburbs of Denver approached the fire to up to 15 kilometers.

The most devastating forest fires Colorado was brought on 2 July 2002 under control.

• Forest fires
• History of Colorado
• Disaster in 2002