Colorado fire started by Forest Service

[whitehall]

An investigation reveals that the recent Colorado fire was started by a so-called "controlled burn". In other words the US forest service started a fire that killed three people. A 9-11 call by a resident was released and in the call the man was informed that the fire was a "controlled burn" (and not to worry?). He questioned why the forest service would burn during 60 mph winds and the 9-11 dispatcher did not answer. According to the weather channel he did not survive.

 

[Emma]

That was a major fuck-up.

The first wave of automated calls ordering residents to evacuate was sent at 5:05 p.m., but it went to the wrong list of phone numbers, sheriff's spokesman Mark Techmeyer said Tuesday. "It was way too large geographically," Techmeyer said, adding that he had no other details. "That was a user error on our end." "It went out wrong," Techmeyer said Tuesday. "That was a user error on our end." That call was halted, and a new round of calls was started at 5:23 p.m., he said.

911 Told Fire Victim That Fire Was Controlled Burn - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver