Rudy and Amy Stauffer walk through the remains of their Wildcat Canyon Road home on May 22, three days after a wildfire destroyed it. The U.S. Forest Service last week admitted the cause of the fire was a prescribed burn the agency set three days earlier that grew out of control. The Stauffers face an uncertain time frame for when a potential claim for their property damage could be fulfilled. Erin McIntyre â Ouray County Plaindealer
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Feds: Prescribed burn caused fire
The Simms Fire that destroyed a home and other structures in northern Ouray County on May 19 was caused by a federal prescribed burn ignited three days earlier, confirming the suspicions of angry residents who have asked why the U.S. Forest Service conducted the burn in warm, windy and dry conditions.
Initial reports also indicate the fire erupted after a crew left the scene, rekindled by winds feeding embers that spread the fire onto neighbors’ property and became a wildfire.
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