PHOTOS: Frisco burns Christmas trees for annual community event, Spontaneous Combustion featuring bonfire, fireworks
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
Flames licked at the dark sky above Frisco on Saturday, Feb. 8, during the town’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event that couples disposing of Christmas trees with a community event featuring fire dancing and fireworks.
The bonfire has tradition in the county that aims to build relationships and community bonds.
A Summit Daily News article from 2009 said the event was created four years earlier as a way to “bring everybody together to celebrate our Nordic traditions here.”
John Fayhee, who is known around town for resurrecting the Mountain Gazette and was cited as a founder of the event, said the idea was born out of a desire to create an event that was focused on locals, according to past interviews. He said children would sled while adults joked and told stories while the bonfire burned.
For more information on the event, visit TownOfFrisco.com/event/festival-events/spontaneous-combustion-bonfire-fireworks/.
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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A worker throws a tree into a bonfire near the Frisco Marina on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, as part of the town’s Spontaneous Combustion event. The annual tradition was created as a way to strengthen community bonds included fireworks and fire dancing.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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The crowd at Frisco’s annual Spontaneous Combustion event was treated to a large bonfire, fire dancing and fireworks as the town disposed of Christmas trees.
Ian Zinner/Town of Frisco
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