Tag: fire
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Last of High Chateau fire evacuees to be allowed home Friday, crews still working on fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Teller County Sheriff’s Office plans to open the entrances to the High Chateau and Highland Meadows subdivisions at 11 a.m. Friday. They are the last two neighborhoods of the 1,423-acre burn area of the High Chateau fire to reopen. Residents must have a vehicle…
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Spring Creek fire, now 35 percent contained, has burned more than 100,000 acres
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly 1,500 firefighters fought Thursday to contain the Spring Creek fire in southern Colorado — which had swelled to 103,357 acres by morning — as a flash flood watch was issued for the area in the afternoon and evening. Containment of the fire near Fort…
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Spring Creek fire, now 35 percent contained, has burned more than 100,000 acres
Nearly 1,500 firefighters fought Thursday to contain the Spring Creek fire in southern Colorado — which had swelled to 103,357 acres by morning — as a flash flood watch was issued for the area in the afternoon and evening. Containment of the fire near Fort Garland and La Veta leapt from 5 percent to 35…
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High Chateau fire 91 percent contained; last evacuees likely to be allowed to return home Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TELLER COUNTY • The first residents to flee their homes in the path of the High Chateau fire a week ago will be the last to return. They’ll also be facing the most property damage from the blaze that burned 10 homes — up from…
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High Chateau fire 91 percent contained; last evacuees likely to be allowed to return home Friday
TELLER COUNTY • The first residents to flee their homes in the path of the High Chateau fire a week ago will be the last to return. They’ll also be facing the most property damage from the blaze that burned 10 homes — up from the seven the Teller County Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday…
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Police, firefighters put a damper on illegal fireworks use in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save From July 1 through the morning after the Fourth of July, Colorado Springs police received 414 calls about illegal fireworks use, more than 7 percent of the 5,793 calls for service during that time. On Thursday, police displayed some of the fireworks officers confiscated throughout…
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Police, firefighters put a damper on illegal fireworks use in Colorado Springs
From July 1 through the morning after the Fourth of July, Colorado Springs police received 414 calls about illegal fireworks use, more than 7 percent of the 5,793 calls for service during that time. On Thursday, police displayed some of the fireworks officers confiscated throughout the city, ranging from sparklers to rockets, all of which…
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Cash donations best for charities assisting wildland fire victims, organizations say, but watch for scams
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jan Smith remembers being evacuated six years ago during the Waldo Canyon fire. “Sadly, we’re all becoming familiar with it,” the Ute Pass resident said Thursday, while lugging dog food out of her vehicle. She handed over several donations to Boy Scouts who were collecting…
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Cash donations best for charities assisting wildland fire victims, organizations say, but watch for scams
Jan Smith remembers being evacuated six years ago during the Waldo Canyon fire. “Sadly, we’re all becoming familiar with it,” the Ute Pass resident said Thursday, while lugging dog food out of her vehicle. She handed over several donations to Boy Scouts who were collecting items for workers and evacuees of the High Chateau fire…