May 22, 2013

This week's headlines

Teen injured, homes spared in wildfire

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Photo submitted by Bob Sutton
Ominous plumes of smoke rise at the start of the wild land fire north of Cedaredge last Friday.
J.D. TenNapel, 15, suffered second-degree burns last Friday as he drove an ATV through his family's rural neighborhood warning others of a wildland fire as flames around him rapidly spread and intensified.

J.D.'s injuries were the only ones sustained in the 39-acre blaze that blackened piñon/juniper woodland along Surface Creek Road between Timothy and T75 roads.

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