The flaming carcass of an electrocuted bird was determined to be the cause of a July brush fire in Arapahoe County that burned more than 1,100 acres and destroyed property southeast of Byers.
The flaming carcass of an electrocuted bird was determined to be the cause of the Quail Hollow fire in July in Arapahoe County that burned more than 1,100 acres and destroyed property southeast of Byers, according to a report released by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.that burned more than 1,100 acres and destroyed property southeast of Byers, according to a report released Friday by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.
The bird’s flaming body then fell into vegetation at the base of the power pole which provided the initial fuel for the fire, the report said. Byers and Strasburg Fire responded to the fire around 10:09 a.m. and reported a “slow-moving fire in medium fuels moving to the south.”
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