Burke Canyon was the site of several natural disasters as well . Two major avalanches struck the canyon in the twentieth century : one on February 4 , 1890 , which killed three ; and another in February 1910 , which buried and killed twenty-five people . In the days after the February 1910 avalanche , snow and rock continued to dislodge from the canyon walls , inflicting additional damage on the towns of Burke and Mace , and causing numerous deaths . In August of that year , the Great Fire of 1910 would cause further damage to the communities in the canyon . Three years later , in May 1913 , the communities were stricken by heavy rains that resulted in significant floods
Great Fire of 1910
Great Fire of 1910
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