Capitan Gap Fire
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capitan-gap-fire-205-18844223
title:
Capitan Gap Fire
text:
The Capitan Gap Fire was a 17,000 acres (69 km) human-caused forest fire that broke out in the Capitan Mountains range within Lincoln National Forest, in Lincoln County, eastern New Mexico in 1950: beginning on May 4. It was named for Capitan Gap in the mountain range. While a 24-man firefighting crew desperately dug firebreaks the wind shifted, and the fire jumped the line. The men buried themselves in the earth of a recent landslide, and survived the fire.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Wildfire in New Mexico, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitan_Gap_Fire
date created:
2005-03-13T00:58:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T12:05:09Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Capitan_gap.jpg","width":1950,"height":988}
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13
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