Tag: fire
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High Chateau fire at 75 percent containment, but dozens still evacuated on the holiday
CRIPPLE CREEK • Bennett Avenue was alive with Fourth of July festivities Wednesday. Light rock music wafted from open doors, gamblers dressed in Americana sunned on patios and families slurped melting ice cream. It was a happy scene, oblivious to the more stoic mood half a mile away at the fairgrounds where the Noah family,…
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High Chateau fire at 75 percent containment, but dozens still evacuated on the holiday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CRIPPLE CREEK • Bennett Avenue was alive with Fourth of July festivities Wednesday. Light rock music wafted from open doors, gamblers dressed in Americana sunned on patios and families slurped melting ice cream. It was a happy scene, oblivious to the more stoic mood half…
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Campfire flares up in Colorado Springs’ Shooks Run neighborhood
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Neighbors living near Shooks Run had a scare early Wednesday morning when a fire started uncomfortably close to their homes. Firefighters responded to the 100 block of South El Paso Street a little before 4 a.m. “We had flame length 6 to 8 feet high,”…
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Campfire flares up in Colorado Springs’ Shooks Run neighborhood
Neighbors living near Shooks Run had a scare early Wednesday morning when a fire started uncomfortably close to their homes. Firefighters responded to the 100 block of South El Paso Street a little before 4 a.m. “We had flame length 6 to 8 feet high,” said Lt. Cory Marr with the Colorado Springs Fire Department.…
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Spring Creek fire becomes fourth-largest blaze in Colorado history
The Spring Creek fire in southern Colorado mushroomed to 78,941 acres by Tuesday morning, as wildfires across the state prompted thousands of evacuations, many highway closures and pleas for people not to light fireworks or fires as extreme fire danger worsens. About 715 firefighters battled the blaze near Fort Garland and La Veta on Tuesday,…
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Teller County’s zero-tolerance fire ban now Stage 3; Forest Service goes to Stage 2
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New Stage 3 fire restrictions — including a ban on propane barbecues and stoves — went into effect Tuesday across Teller County, further tightening the county’s fire regulations ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. After fielding complaints from evacuees attending a fire briefing, Sheriff Jason Mikesell…
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Teller County’s zero-tolerance fire ban now Stage 3; Forest Service goes to Stage 2
New Stage 3 fire restrictions — including a ban on propane barbecues and stoves — went into effect Tuesday across Teller County, further tightening the county’s fire regulations ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. After fielding complaints from evacuees attending a fire briefing, Sheriff Jason Mikesell said his office has adopted a “zero tolerance” policy when…