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At an entrance to Interstate Highway 70 (I-70), a member of the Glenwood Springs Police Department brief members of the 220th Military Police (MP) Company, Colorado Army National Guard (COARNG) on the Coal Seam Fires. The 220th MP will set up security access control points along the perimeter including I-70. The Coal Seam Fire started sometime in the mid-1970s as an underground fire burned along a rich vein of coal. Occassionally the fire breaks through to the surface. At this time it had burned 7,300 acres, damaged an estimated 40 structures, and caused the evacuation of 2,000 residents

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At an entrance to Interstate Highway 70 (I-70), a member of the Glenwood Springs Police Department brief members of the 220th Military Police (MP) Company, Colorado Army National Guard (COARNG) on the Coal Seam Fires. The 220th MP will set up security access control points along the perimeter including I-70. The Coal Seam Fire started sometime in the mid-1970s as an underground fire burned along a rich vein of coal. Occassionally the fire breaks through to the surface. At this time it had burned 7,300 acres, damaged an estimated 40 structures, and caused the evacuation of 2,000 residents

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Base: Glennwood Springs

State: Colorado (CO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: ARNG

Scene Camera Operator: SPC Scott Griffin, USA

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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1970 - 1979
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The U.S. National Archives
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