Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Fourmile Fire

Hello friends! I am so sorry I didn't post earlier. Believe it or not, I completely forgot! I'll give an extra day to get this done.

We've been activating and building our schema about the Fourmile Fire this week. What are you thinking? What are you fascinated by? What have you learned? What questions do you still have?

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  2. I learned that the fire was a monster. It also was very scary to Boulder. I wonder how the fire started? I also wonder how many houses survived the fire?
    MHB

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  3. I learned that the Fourmile fire was started on the outskirts of Bolder. The fire burned somewhat like 7,100 acers across the dry ground. I wonder how did the fire start? What made it start? NB

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  4. My questions are how did the fire start and why did they sleep in it?

    I learned that 135 houses got destroyed.

    I also learned that 500 firefiters helped with the fire.

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  6. I learned a lot of firefighters volunteered to work on the four-mile canyon fire and that Ann, a firefighter, was really sad about the fire!

    My questions are, why did the fire go to Boulder and not other places too.
    How did the fire get so bad and have a lot of people, like firefighters, there.

    - I.G.S.

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  7. I was wondering how did the fire start? I was also wondering why did the firemen sleep in tents? I learned that 0 peple got killed and 500 firemen helped with the fire.

    -AEB

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  8. I learnd that the "tree killing bugs" died because of the heat from the fire.Also that cows milk can be poisonous because ashes are in the grass.How did the fire start? Where did the fire start?

    ICF

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  9. I learned that the fire knocked down 135 houses. I also learned it spred 6,338 acres.

    I really want to know how it started and how many people it killed.

    MRC

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  10. I learned that the Fourmile Fire was in Boulder, CO.

    They blamed a fireman assitent for the Fourmile Fire because he was trying to put out a fire. He used buckets of water to put it out but that didn't work, so he threw ashes into it to see if it would put it out, but then the wind blew and it caused more fire.

    Firemen showed up to put it out. Right now they are blamming the assistent because they found a match, but I wonder how did they find it, since the fire destroyed all evidence.

    L.C.

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  11. There is still a lot of confusion about the fire,the Fourmile Fire.One thing that I learned is that there is a lot of confusion about how the fire started.Another thing I learned is that the fire didn't actlly spread 4 miles.It actlly spread 11,but it started in the 4 mile canyon.One question I have is if there going to press charges?Another one is how the fire really started?





    J.K.

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  12. I have learned that there was 5,000 houses that ware burned down, another intresting fact that I learned was atleast 400 fire trucks that were included in the nasty fire. I am still wondering how the fire started and how did they stop the crazy fire.

    JBS

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  13. What ive learned about the Fourmile Fire is it spread all around Boulder,like burning down over 1,000 houses,buildings,and animals. Some people have been killed! No one no's who or what started the fire. Some questions i have about the Fourmile Fire is who or what caused the fire? How many people died then survived? S.S.

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  14. I learned that the fourmile fire was dangerous and a cat was burned. I wondered how exactly the fire started. How many people survived the fire?

    LCH

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  15. I learned that there is this stuff you put on your house to protect it from getting on fire. I learned that 500 firemen are out fighting the fire. I wonder how many people survived the fire? I wonder how many people didn't survive the fire?

    KHC

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  17. 2 things I learned from the Fourmile Fire was that over 915 firefighters had to help. Also I learned that the fire spread over 7,100 acres!

    I wonder who started it? How long did it take the firefighters to get the Fourmile Fire to go away?

    -H.C.

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  18. I learned that it started in a forest. I learned that 4 houses survived from the fire. Has the fire stopped? How did the fire start?


    JCT

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  19. I learned that the Fourmile Fire ran through the Fourmile canyon. I also learned that the Fourmile Fire drove out 80.9 million people! I wonder how many people died in the fire? And how many wild animals died in the Fire? -M.A.B.

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  20. I learned that 7,100 groups of men tried to extinguish the fire and 915 from 35 regional districts joined to help residents from the fire. My questions are: Who started the fire and why? Why did some of the fire spread up to LoveLand? TKC

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  21. Today I learned about the Fourmile fire. One thing is that there was a lot of confusion about how it started. One idea was that it was the ashes from a pit spread and made fire. Although I learned a lot, I still have questions. Who did it? Did anyone die?

    BK

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  22. while we were reading about the Fourmile Fire I learned that over 500 fire fighters had to help. the fire fighters had to work 16 hour shifts.

    I wonder if it was started naturally or by humans? I wonder how many pets died?


    H.S.

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  23. One thing I learnd that the beatls didn't die during the fire so I thought that was interesting.
    I know how the fire started because this guy was going to put out his fire but the wind blew on it now every one is blaming it on him.But I think it is kind of the winds fault.

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  24. I learned all of the people got told to evacuate. Why do they have small cubes for houses? How many made it? I learned most houses were destroyed.

    BFW

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  25. The two things I learned are that the fire is not 4miles but it said that because the fire was in four bolder county. And the people in bolder near the fire are the people that the fire man really worried about. And my questions are:How did the fire start? And how did they stop it?



    JGN

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  26. My two questions are: How many people died in the fire? and How many animals died in the fire? Two things I learned about the Fourmile Fire are that the fire burned 6,325 acres or 11 square miles and that 198 sculptures burned down.
    M.M.B

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  27. I learned over 500 firefiters were trying to fite the fire. I also learned that they try dumping water from a helicopter to stop it. But I am stil wondering how the fire started and how many animals and how many houses were burned?

    maf

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  28. 1.Somthing that I learned was that part of the reason that the fire kept spreading was because when the bark beetals were eating the bark off of the trees they became very dry wich made the trees somthing that the fire would want to eat up more than it would want to eat up the alive trees.

    2.Another thing that I learned is that people fled from thier house only bringing the important things like thier pets and food,clothes,ect.

    3.A question that I have is how are the people that fled from thier houses going to get a new house if thier first one burned down in the fire?

    4.Did anyone or any animal die or get badly injured in the fire?

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  29. Two things I've learned about the Fourmile Fire is that the fire men
    thought a seventy-one year old fire fighter volunteer started the fire. Another thing I've learned is that the property owner is a member of the community.Investigators say and do not feel he is a danger to the public.Two questions I have about the article are the investigators think thefire started on september sixth,but shouldn't they know?The fire fighters are sort of the investigatorsand after the fire shouldn't they tell the chief if they found any evidence or not?

    G.X.P.

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  30. I learned that the fire spred 17,100 acers.And that the houses burned down in seconds. Finally I learned that the fire was'nt exatly in Downtown,Boulder. It was on the out skirts of Boulder. I'm wondering how many people died in the fire? How many people esaped from the fire?
    JT

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  32. I've learned that a 71 year-old is suspected. I know that it was either caused by a car crashing into a propane tank or a fire pit. I still wonder how many people died. I also wonder how many houses were destroyed.

    RJS

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  33. FIRE!

    I leaned that the fire was 4 miles long.

    QUESTIONS I WONDER ABOUT:

    How did the fire started?
    When it started?
    Why it started?

    GR

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  34. My question is how exactly did the fire start? Who or what got hurt? What I learned is that more than ten homes got destroyed and the houses burned down in seconds. Over 500 firefighters tried to fight the fire. And the pine beetles caused the trees to die and burn fast.

    MMK

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  35. I learned more than 915 wilderness fire fighters came to the four mile fire and 35 from all around the world.
    I wonder if firefighters got killed from the fire while they were doing their job?

    NY

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  36. One thing I learned was how many firemen it took to put out the fire. Another thing I learned, the fire was 6,338 square acres. One queston I still have is, how did the fire really start? I wonder if a human started it? - GBS

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  37. I think that fire is really scary and sad. So far I've learned that even when a fire is over the area that it happened in is still dangerous because there still can be lit twigs under the ground. Before now, I never really thought about what it would be like to be a fire fighter, but now I realize that it's kind of like a war against fire. Fire is a really challenging thing to fight against. I think it would be really scary having a night shift. The questions I have are: Would birds be able to survive with so much smoke in the air? How many animals died in the fire? How did the Fourmile fire start?
    GA

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