Tag: fire
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Deadliest fire in El Paso County history started at Fort Carson
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While small grass fires from live-fire exercises down range are common at Fort Carson, on Jan. 17, 1950, the deadliest wildfire in El Paso County history broke out at noon on what was then known as Camp…
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Grass fire at Fort Carson forces evacuation
Hundreds of Fort Carson soldiers and their families were evacuated Sunday while firefighters fought 6-foot-high flames that came within a few yards of homes on the Army post. No injuries were reported from the grass fire that broke out around noon while El Paso County was under a red flag warning for extreme fire danger.…
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Staffing shortage raises specter of missed fire dangers in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Short on staff and time, the Colorado Springs Fire Department’s inspectors can examine only a fraction of the city’s businesses each year. Even a portion of the businesses that pose a higher-than-normal safety risk don’t…
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At least 4 homes destroyed in Elbert County grass fire, no one hurt
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A grass fire near a rural Colorado community southeast of Denver has destroyed at least four homes and five barns but no one has been hurt. Authorities say the fire in Elbert County began sometime about 10…
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At least 4 homes destroyed in Elbert County grass fire, no one hurt
A grass fire near a rural Colorado community southeast of Denver has destroyed at least four homes and five barns but no one has been hurt. Authorities say the fire in Elbert County began sometime about 10 a.m. Sunday and was driven by strong winds. By mid-afternoon it had burned about 375 acres (152 hectares), but firefighters…
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Grass fire at Fort Carson forces evacuation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hundreds of Fort Carson soldiers and their families were evacuated Sunday while firefighters fought 6-foot-high flames that came within a few yards of homes on the Army post. No injuries were reported from the grass…
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Staffing shortage raises specter of missed fire dangers in Colorado Springs
Short on staff and time, the Colorado Springs Fire Department’s inspectors can examine only a fraction of the city’s businesses each year. Even a portion of the businesses that pose a higher-than-normal safety risk don’t always get inspected annually. Unless that changes, it’s only a matter of time until disaster strikes, said Kris Cooper, the…
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Fire crews battle daylong mulch fire at Colorado Springs wood recycling center
Colorado Springs and El Paso County firefighters spent hours Saturday battling a smoky fire that jumped between mulch piles at a wood recycling and landscaping supply center south of Evergreen Cemetery. The fire at Rocky Top Resources, 1755 E. Las Vegas St., was reported just before 12:30 p.m. and continued to burn into the evening.…
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Fire crews battle daylong mulch fire at Colorado Springs wood recycling center
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs and El Paso County firefighters spent hours Saturday battling a smoky fire that jumped between mulch piles at a wood recycling and landscaping supply center south of Evergreen Cemetery. The fire at Rocky…
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Homeless camp suspected of starting fire in drain pipe near downtown Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs fire crews extinguished a smoky blaze Thursday morning that had possibly been set by a homeless person inside a storm sewer drain into Monument Creek. Callers initially reported that a fire was burning in the median of Interstate 25 near the Bijou Street entrance ramp. When firefighters arrived, they saw smoke coming from…