Tag: fire
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Fire north of Durango grows to over 100 acres; closes highway
A 100 to 150-acre fire is burning north of Durango on U.S. 550, La Plata County tweeted. The 416 fire is growing and has closed U.S. 550 between mile markers 34 and 48 in both directions. Eight structures are threatened. Mandatory evacuations have been issued from Rockwood, south to Baker’s Ridge, west of the Animas River…
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Tire wall engulfed in Carson Midway fire taken to landfill
A tire wall engulfed by the 3,300-acre Carson Midway fire earlier this month was transported to the Midway Landfill after soil samples were found to have low enough levels of toxic chemicals. The Environmental Protection Agency, which assumed command of the tire fire March 20, disposed of the tires Wednesday. They have not released the…
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Firefighters extinguish small Cheyenne Mountain State Park wildfire
Firefighters extinguished a small wildfire Thursday afternoon in Cheyenne Mountain State Park, said Colorado Springs Fire Capt. Brian Vaughan. The fire burned between a half-acre and one acre, Vaughan said about 4:40 p.m. The Fort Carson, Cheyenne Mountain Fire and Southwest Highway 115 fire departments helped fight the fire. Smoke was “visible from the city,” police…
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No charges in southeast Colorado Springs townhomes fire; donation center set up
No charges are expected against the woman who tried to put out a cigarette in a pot of dry mulch, igniting a massive fire Monday that burned 20 units and displaced dozens of residents of the Sunstone Townhomes in southeast Colorado Springs. Fire Marshal Brett Lacey had told the City Council earlier in the week…
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Colorado Springs fire officials discount risk of similar gas-fed fires that burned townhomes
Monday’s blaze that burned 20 units and displaced dozens of residents at Sunstone Townhomes in southeast Colorado Springs was so hot it melted gas meters, a risk that’s rare during most structure fires, officials say. The fire started when a person at the complex tried to extinguish a cigarette in a pot of dry mulch,…
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Overnight fire destroys uninsured gift shop, guesthouse at Bishop Castle
A fire early Wednesday destroyed a gift shop and another building at Bishop Castle in Custer County, forcing the Bishop family to quickly find another way to make a living, a relative said. “The gift shop is our primary source of income,” said Daniel Bishop, whose father, Jim Bishop, started building the castle about 50 years ago.…
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Woman’s cigarette dropped in mulch pot kindled 20-townhome fire in southeast Colorado Springs
An incompletely extinguished cigarette kindled the fire that burned 20 units in Sunstone Townhomes in southeast Colorado Springs on Monday, said Fire Capt. Brian Vaughan. A woman flicked the burning cigarette into a dry mulch pot, “which is always combustible,” Fire Marshal Brett Lacey told the City Council on Tuesday. “Her intent was not to…
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Fort Carson confirms 3,300-acre fire sparked by live-fire training
Live-fire training on Fort Carson sparked the fire that burned 3,300 acres and two homes in the rural Midway Ranch community this month, the post announced Monday. Many residents have criticized the Army’s decision to hold training March 16, the day the fire started, because the National Weather Service in Pueblo had warned of high…
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Careless smoking cause of 3-alarm fire that burns about 20 townhomes in southeast Colorado Springs
Wrapped in a blanket and wiping tears from her eyes, Brynn Stroope stared at the charred remains of the southeast Colorado Springs townhome she bought in June. Hers was one of more than 20 units destroyed or damaged in the three-alarm fire that tore through Sunstone Townhomes on Monday afternoon, caused by careless smoking, which…
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Fire at Pueblo Chemical Depot still burning, buildings destroyed
UPDATE The fire has destroyed building 576 and 581 with minimal damage to a third warehouse. The fire is now stable with 90% containment. The electricity and gas has been shut off in the warehouse area as a precaution. __ A large, dark smoke plume was visible from Pueblo and surrounding areas Saturday afternoon as…