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Close to $2 Million Heading to Agencies Associated with High Park Fire

by KREX News Room
by Kristina Kuestner

Story Created: Jan 4, 2013 at 9:59 PM MDT

Story Updated: Jan 5, 2013 at 12:23 AM MDT

DENVER The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the amount of $1,920,921 to reimburse state and local agencies involved with last summer's High Park Fire in Larimer County.

The grant covers labor, equipment, supplies and transportation, air costs, mobilization and de-mobilization costs resulting from the fire.

The June 2012 High Park Fire resulted in one death, destroyed 259 homes and burned more than 87,000 acres in Larimer County.

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