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Article: SEVEN SMALL FIRES SET NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS.(City Desk/Local)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2002
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Byline: Dick Foster
News Southern Bureau
COLORADO SPRINGS -- In the midst of the worst fires in Colorado's history, someone is setting fires in the suburban area of Black Forest, northeast of Colorado Springs.
Seven small fires were set alongside Black Forest roads late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. One resident was alerted to a fire on her property when she heard a car accelerating away from her home and saw several fires beginning to burn in the brush.
``There were seven separate fires, all within about 100 yards of one another, all in that vicinity,'' said El Paso County Sheriff's Sgt. Jim Groth. ``Fortunately they were ...