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Grand County handing out free sandbags to help prevent flooding from burn scar
Grand County residents receive sandbags ahead of more rain
and last updated 2021-05-03 20:06:31-04
GRAND COUNTY, Colo. â After a record-breaking wildfire in 2020, people living in Grand County need to prepare for something else this year: potential flooding. When a fire burns through a community, it burns up all the vegetation on the ground, said Alexis Kimbrough, deputy director of the county s office of emergency management.
Areas near the East Troublesome Fire burn scar are like concrete right now, and they can t soak up any water, she said.