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Official damage assessment totals for Cameron Peak Fire released

The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office took to Facebook on Friday afternoon to share the Cameron Peak Fire Damage Assessment Totals after damage assessment teams completed their assessment of all known structure damage caused by the 208,913-acre blaze.

A total of 469 structures were damaged, including 461 structures that were destroyed. Included in the structures that were destroyed were 224 residential structures and 220 outbuildings. Seventeen business structures were impacted and four additional homes and outbuildings, each, sustained damage. Forty-two of the residential structures that were impacted were considered primary residences.

The report also dates when damages occurred. On September 7, the blaze burnt the Poudre Canyon, south of Highway 14 near Archer’s Poudre River Resort, and the Monument Gulch area. On September 25 and 26, the blaze burnt Poudre Canyon between the Fish Hatchery and Rustic, the Manhayyan Road area, and the Boy Scout Ranch Road area. On October 14, the blaze burnt the Upper and Lower Buckhorn areas, Crystal Mountain, Bobcat Ridge, Buckskin Heights, Redstone Canyon, Storm Mountain, The Retreat, and Pingree Park.

Though not included in the structure damage report, it’s worth noting that the Cameron Peak Fire also burnt into the northern area of Rocky Mountain National Park. Specific damages that occurred there have not been released.

The Cameron Peak Fire blaze has calmed down substantially in recent weeks and is currently at 92 percent containment. The fire sparked on August 13 with the cause remaining under investigation.

Cameron Peak Fire. Photo courtesy of InciWeb.
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