Tag: fire
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German company in Colorado providing wildfire detection and tracking from space
A German company with its headquarters in Colorado is working to make space-based wildfire detection an effective tool for firefighters in the mountain West. Ororatech, founded in Germany in 2018 by engineer and volunteer firefighter Thomas Gruebler, provides satellite imagery to fire departments during active fire periods in the afternoons. It also combines the data…
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Lightning strike ignites fire between Calhan, Peyton
A vegetation fire started by lightning in evening thunderstorms was reported somewhere near U.S. 24 between Calhan and Peyton on Wednesday, the Peyton Fire Department chief told The Gazette. No other information was known about the fire, where a response is believed to be lead the Calhan Fire Protection District. A representative with the district…
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Team Rubicon volunteers help residents who lost homes during Aspen Acres fire
After the Aspen Acres fire charred more than 80,000 acres during its first week, Colorado Springs resident Dave Gendron with Team Rubicon started making phone calls to see how the disaster relief organization could help. The veteran-led organization is among several nonprofits that sent in teams to help residents clean up homes demolished by the…
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Penley fire near Sedalia reaches 75% containment
Fire crews battling the Penley fire west of Sedalia made significant progress overnight, holding the wildfire at about 3 acres and reaching 75% containment Monday, according to Douglas County officials. The fire, which sparked Sunday west of Sedalia, prompted evacuation orders for residents in the surrounding area as more than 125 firefighters from 10 agencies…
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Forest fire west of Sedalia prompts evacuations in Douglas County
Emergency crews are responding to a forest fire burning west of Sedalia, prompting evacuation orders for nearby residents Sunday afternoon. At about 5 p.m. Sunday, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order for residents within a 2-mile radius of West Douglas Fire Station 132. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Office of Emergency Management…
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Meet Ash, the 1 oz. owl saved from the Aspen Acres fire
On July 12, as hundreds of firefighters were battling the seventh-largest wildfire in Colorado history, one crew member rescued one of the smallest babies in the state. Ash the owl was too young to fly away when he was saved from the Aspen Acres blaze, which has since surpassed 101,000 acres. Ash is a fledgling…
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Crews respond to a house fire in Colorado Springs Wednesday morning
A house fire near the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center east of downtown was knocked down early Wednesday morning. According to the Colorado Springs Fire Department, the call came in a little after 4:30 a.m. for a home at 530 Bonfoy Ave. The fire was extinguished as of 5 a.m. No injuries were reported,…
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‘I thought it was our last goodbye’: Aspen Acres fire evacuee returns to site of father’s last stand with inferno
The Aspen Acres fire was rampaging north through the Wet Mountains, glowing on the horizon like an unwelcome sunrise, but 82-year-old Bill Peyton had a plan — and what he figured was a fighting chance. His daughter, Daisy Weeks, rushed around their ridge-top property getting cellphone videos of their homes, their belongings, everything she could…
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Firefighters battling 2-alarm fire in downtown Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs firefighters were engaged with a two-alarm fire along Sahwatch Street between Colorado Avenue and West Cucharras Street on Thursday evening. At least six fire engines and a few dozen firefighters were prepping to combat the flames around 6 p.m. The building had visible smoke blowing from it as police blocked Sahwatch Street around…
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Grass fire put down roughly east of Academy and Platte
The Colorado Springs Fire Department quickly put out a grass fire near Town Center Drive and Wooten Road Tuesday afternoon. The small fire had burned 40 feet by 40 feet. The fire burned roughly east of Academy Boulevard and Platte Avenue in the south-central portion of town. The fire department asked residents to avoid the…