Slideshow: Lake Christine Fire Photos
The Aspen Times has received hundreds of Lake Christine Fire photos from our readers. Thank you for taking an active role in helping us tell this story to our audiences across the globe. Please continue to send us your photos either through Facebook or by emailing them to sjohnston@swiftcom.com. Stay safe and remember that drones are never allowed during arial firefighting operations.
El Jebel Fire: July 4, 2018 from Outside Adventure Media on Vimeo.
Nancy Meyer/Courtesy Photo
Firefighter tent camp in El Jebel.
Peter Ungerleider/Courtesy Photo
Courtesy Photo
Near a head of the fire looking East.
Frank Donofrio/Courtesy Photo
A Chinook helicopter drops water on the Lake Christine Fire.
Deadwood Ranch/Courtesy Photo
A view of the fire from Deadwood Ranch in Basalt.
Insurer blames Black Hills, property manager for home flood in wake of attack on Aspen gas lines
The December 2020 sabotage of three gas lines that put 3,500 households and businesses in Aspen without heat was partly due to a utility provider’s failure to “adequately secure its gas service lines from unauthorized tampering and damage,” according to allegations made in an insurer’s complaint against Black Hills Energy.