Tag: fire
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2 killed in massive fire at suburban Denver apartment building
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WESTMINSTER — Authorities in suburban Denver say two people have died and at least nine others were injured after a fire at an apartment building. Westminster Fire Department Lt. Jeromy Hill says the fire began early Sunday morning at the building, which is called the…
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Rampart fire near Woodland Park 70 percent contained after massive response
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aggressive air and ground attacks contained a wildfire that broke out Friday evening off Rampart Range road near Woodland Park on the El Paso and Teller county line. More than 100 firefighters, planes dropping retardant and helicopters dumping buckets of water were thrown into the…
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Colorful Colorado: Ghost town miraculously survives Spring Creek fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LA VETA • From the high gravel road, the Sangre de Cristo mountains appear to have been swallowed by a dark shadow that won’t soon rise. In view are some of the 200-plus structures that Colorado’s third-largest blaze left in shambles. After more than two…
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Woodland Park residents told to prepare to evacuate as wildfire off Rampart Range Road grows to 15 acres
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Woodland Park residents were under pre-evacuation orders Friday night after a fire broke out off Rampart Range Road in the national forest near the border of El Paso and Teller counties. Authorities said no homes or structures were threatened by the fire, which had grown…
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Black Forest resident wins tree-clearing machine that will aid fire recovery in John Deere contest.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Black Forest resident beat out more than 400 entrants in a nationwide John Deere contest to win a piece of machinery that could triple the rate at which charred trees from the 2013 fire can be cleared. “I’d look out my front door and…
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In wake of historic Spring Creek fire, heartbreak and hope
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save HUERFANO COUNTY – The ash was like black snow, the smoke a curtain shrouding the beauty they’d known for 23 years. And over the ridge to the west, they saw a crazy red line and knew the monster was coming for them. David and Peggy…
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Bear cub burned in 416 fire recovering, slated for return to the wild in January
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bear cub whose feet were badly burned last month in the 416 fire near Durango is healing quickly, and state wildlife officials plan to release her into the wild eventually, along with four other orphaned cubs. “The burns have healed nicely, and at this…
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Teller County lifts Stage III restrictions, keeps Stage II in place
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Teller County residents and visitors can once again fire up the grill following the reduction of Stage III burn restrictions to the lower Stage II. As of Wednesday afternoon, the use of gas, liquid or propane barbecues, gas stoves and lanterns is permitted, as well…
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Thousands of fish in Animas River killed by rain runoff carrying ash, debris from 416 fire burn scar
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ash and debris carried by heavy rains from the 416 fire burn scar into the Animas River north of Durango suffocated thousands of fish, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said. “We’re seeing thousands of fish struggle for their last gasp of air on the river…
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Flash flooding in Weston Pass fire perimeter closes U.S. 285
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Flash flooding in the burn area of the Weston Pass fire forced the closure of U.S. 285 between Fairplay and Antero Junction for non-residents. Fire officials said rain Tuesday night pushed mud, rock and debris down charred hillsides in the area of U.S. 285 near…