The 2002 Curve Fire
The Hawkins loop hike covered a lot of area that was burned over by a large fire in 2002 known as the Curve Fire. The fire was allegedly started by “candles associated with a ritual involving the use of fire and animal sacrifices” according to the USFS.
Not only did it burn a large amount of land, but I believe closed the 2 and 39 highways for long periods. Additional info.
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socalmike July 10th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
The 2 was closed because of a mud/rock slide that wiped out the highway just a couple of years ago. That might have been as a result of the fire, but it was the slide that closed it.
The 39 has been closed for years – don’t know the reason.