Army Base Campsite Contains Asbestos

An old Colorado military facility that has since turned into a popular campsite has been shut down after the area was found to contain dangerous levels of asbestos.

Camp Hale in Eagle County served as an Army facility before World War II before being transitioned to the U.S. Forest Service in the 1960s. The area became a popular campground, despite the regular removal of old munitions and asbestos products from the site.

However, following the recent discovery of even more asbestos that could pose a public safety risk, U.S. Forest Service officials shut down the park to make sure no asbestos exposure occurred.

“One of the reasons we wanted to get public information out is because rifle season starts (Saturday) and there are a lot of people who will be arriving in order to hunt in those units in the hillside adjacent to Camp Hale,” said Dave Neely of the U.S. Forest Service, the Denver Post reported.

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