Silverton San Juan Volunteer Fire Department Puts Out Fire Near Animas Forks

Lightning Strike Set Tree on Fire During Monday’s Storm
Volunteer fire department members ensuring tree fire is out photo by JP Stanley
Volunteer fire department members ensuring tree fire is out photo by JP Stanley

During Monday’s intense thunderstorm, a lightning strike lit a cluster of pine trees on fire ¼ mile from the ghost town Animas Forks, and 12 miles outside Silverton off San Juan County Road 2. The San Juan County Sheriff and Silverton Volunteer Fire Department got the call at 6:50 pm Monday, July 27th, from a witness who came back into cell service after spotting smoke in the trees just north of A…