Tag: fire
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Firefighters douse garage fire in Old Colorado City
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs firefighters responded to a structure fire in Old Colorado City Friday evening that shut down a road for several blocks. Reports of fire showing from the front of a garage at 2922…
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Firefighters douse garage fire in Old Colorado City
Colorado Springs firefighters responded to a structure fire in Old Colorado City Friday evening that shut down a road for several blocks. Reports of fire showing from the front of a garage at 2922 W. Pikes Peak Ave. around 8:45 p.m. prompted a response from the fire department. No one was injured in the fire,…
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Garage fire destroys cars, scorches home in Colorado Springs
The Colorado Springs Fire Department extinguished a house fire that consumed a garage at 2012 Condor St., early Friday morning, firefighters tweeted. Crews arrived at the house around midnight and saw flames consuming the front garage of the home, firefighters tweeted. The blaze destroyed two cars and caused heavy smoke damage inside the home, firefighters…
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Garage fire destroys cars, scorches home in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Fire Department extinguished a house fire that consumed a garage at 2012 Condor St., early Friday morning, firefighters tweeted. Crews arrived at the house around midnight and saw flames consuming the front garage of the home, firefighters tweeted. The blaze destroyed two…
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Fires at Colorado Springs businesses investigated as arson: Police
The Colorado Springs Fire Department extinguished two fires in Old Colorado City businesses Wednesday night, and police are investigating them as arson, law enforcement said. Firefighters first put out a “small fire” inside a flag shop at 2822 W. Colorado Ave. at about 11:45 p.m., firefighters tweeted. Less than an hour later, crews responded to…
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Fire near Peyton contained
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Firefighting crews from Peyton, Calhan, Black Forest, Ellicott, Elbert, Falcon and the El Paso County Wildland team have contained a wildland fire north of Peyton that started Monday afternoon. Firefighter crews will remain on scene throughout the night to douse remaining hotspots, the El Paso…
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Fire near Peyton contained
Firefighting crews from Peyton, Calhan, Black Forest, Ellicott, Elbert, Falcon and the El Paso County Wildland team have contained a wildland fire north of Peyton that started Monday afternoon. Firefighter crews will remain on scene throughout the night to douse remaining hotspots, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said at about 8:30 p.m. Monday. The…
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Morgan Creek fire ignites in northwest Colorado
Voluntary evacuations for people and cattle began Friday afternoon after a small wildfire cropped up in northwest Colorado. The blaze, dubbed the Morgan Creek fire, was burning an area estimated at around 75-100 acres near the Hinman Park Campground. The fire, according to Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests staff, was traveling south-southeast by wind into the…
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Colorado Springs’ ‘year long’ fire season ramps up in April
April showers don’t seem to be bringing May flowers to Colorado Springs this year, instead, lack of precipitation this month could make for the onset of an early fire season. The summer of 2020 saw a record setting year of drought and fires with the third worst year of drought in state history and three of…
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One of El Paso County’s darkest days marks 30th anniversary
On the morning of March 3, 1991, a United Airlines jet approaching the Colorado Springs Airport after a brief flight from Denver crashed in Widefield Community Park, killing all 20 passengers and five crew members aboard. Later that night, in the attic of a Colorado Springs nursing home, an electrical spark turned into a rolling…