Tag: fire
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Victim of Cañon City house fire identified
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man killed in a Cañon City house fire was 77-year-old Kenneth Orchard, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. Crews found Orchard’s body in the home, in the 1800 block of Pinion Avenue, while…
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Victim of Cañon City house fire identified
The man killed in a Cañon City house fire was 77-year-old Kenneth Orchard, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. Crews found Orchard’s body in the home, in the 1800 block of Pinion Avenue, while fighting the fire May 22. Authorities say the fire was “suspicious.” The house was moderately damaged, says a news release…
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U.S. 550 temporarily open as fire burns north of Durango
U.S. 550 is temporarily open to through traffic as firefighters try to minimize the growth of the fire burning north of Durango. One lane of the highway will be open between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday between mile markers 37.2 and 49.6 (8 miles south of Coal Bank Pass). Traffic will alternate and be led…
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Severe fire restrictions take effect in unincorporated El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Strict fire restrictions took effect Tuesday across unincorporated El Paso County, the Sheriff’s Office reported. The Stage II restrictions prohibit open burning, fireworks sales, outdoor smoking except in an enclosed vehicle, prescribed burns and outdoor…
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Severe fire restrictions take effect in unincorporated El Paso County
Strict fire restrictions took effect Tuesday across unincorporated El Paso County, the Sheriff’s Office reported. The Stage II restrictions prohibit open burning, fireworks sales, outdoor smoking except in an enclosed vehicle, prescribed burns and outdoor cooking or fires on private property. Teller County remains under the same restrictions, as do Monument and Palmer Lake. Colorado…
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More pre-evacuation notices issued on east side of U.S. 550
DURANGO – As a wildfire continues to scour a swath of La Plata County, pre-evacuation notices were issued Tuesday to 252 homes east of U.S. 550 and east to the Animas River. That brings the total to 1,273 homes on pre-evacuation notice and 825 homes evacuated. The so-called 416 fire had grown to 2,933 acres…
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Fire threatens strip mall in northeast Colorado Springs
Firefighters saved a shopping center after a fire sparked early Tuesday in northeast Colorado Springs. A plume of smoke was spotted about 1 a.m., rising from Erindale Square at 5975 N. Academy Blvd., the Fire Department reported. Firefighters found the blaze inside Why Not Books and acted quickly to keep it from spreading to other…
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Couple escapes from upstairs window as fire guts Colorado Springs home
Two northeast Colorado Springs residents escaped a home engulfed by fast-moving flames early Saturday. “I woke up to sirens coming down through the neighborhood,” neighbor Steven Liest told Gazette news partner KKTV. “I went outside to be the typical nosy neighbor, and I heard three or four loud pops and I could see a pool…
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Fire crews attack Durango-area wildfire; no homes damaged
DURANGO — A San Juan National Forest spokesman says no homes are immediately threatened by a wildfire in southwest Colorado that has charred nearly two square miles (5 square kilometers). The fire erupted Friday about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Durango and forced the evacuation of 825 homes. Forest spokesman Scot Davis tells The Durango Herald…
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Forecast: Sunny skies in Colorado Springs as fires burn across the state
Colorado Springs will enjoy sunny skies and warm temperatures Saturday as four fires burn through nearly 2,000 acres of southern Colorado. The National Weather Service in Pueblo predicted highs in the mid-70s in Colorado Springs Saturday before chances of thunderstorms roll into the area Sunday night. Rain and thunderstorms should also pass through the Durango area…