Editor's note: This story originally published August 14, 1994 No one thing led to the July 6 deaths on Storm King Mountain. It took a combination of tragic miscues.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -Sunday marked the anniversary of the tragic Storm King Mountain Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. On July 2, 1994, a lightning strike ignited the Storm King Fire ...

The lightning-sparked fire had been burning for three days when the Hotshot crew from Prineville, Ore., was sent in to dig a fire line on the flanks of Storm King. The team was young but not ...

Editor’s note: This is running 31 years and three days after 14 firefighters gave their lives in defense of our community. We apologize for not recognizing their sacrifice on the anniversary itself.

Firefighter Eric Hipke reaches out for a cross dedicated to one of the 14 firefighters who died on Storm King Mountain near Glenwood Springs, Colo., as he hikes a trail on the mountain, June 9, 2004.