Tag: evacuation order
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Evacuation order lifted after fire starts north of Fountain Valley School
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office briefly issued an evacuation order for parts of Security-Widefield near Fountain Valley School after a fire ignited Monday afternoon, according to the office. The order, which was lifted at 3:30 p.m., was for a fire near the 6200 block of Passing Sky Drive, prompting that street to be evacuated…
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‘Have a plan’: Sheriff cautions Pueblo residents as erratic Aspen Acres fire reaches nearly 82K acres, 11K evacuees
Pueblo County Sheriff David Lucero, like hundreds of firefighters, has worked long nights on little sleep due to limited resources to combat the Aspen Acres fire, which ignited on Monday, as it steadily marches toward the most populous cities in his jurisdiction with no containment. “We’ve seen things I’ve never seen in 26 years in…
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Evacuations ordered north of Penrose after wildfire sparks in Fremont County
Residents north of Penrose in Fremont County were evacuated after a wildfire broke out near Colorado 115 and Fremont County Road F45 on Thursday, according to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. The blaze, known as the KO fire, grew to nearly 65 acres by Thursday afternoon with zero containment, the National Interagency Fire Center reported.…
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Suspects sought in connection with fire near Dragonman’s shooting range in El Paso County
The Dragonman’s shooting range and the Ellicott Fire Department are asking the public for help in identifying two people believed to have caused a fire on the first day of 2026. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office briefly issued an evacuation order north of the Schriever Space Force Base around 1 p.m. Thursday due to…
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Brush fire ignited by remote control plane crash burns over 80 acres near Calhan
Lithium batteries exploding after a remote control plane crash were the cause of a brush fire on Thursday that scarred 82 acres, according to Tri-County Fire Department Chief Mark Stanwood. A neighbor was testing the “experimental” plane when it crashed and ignited around 11:37 a.m., prompting the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office to issue an…