Tag: 24 Fire
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UPDATE: Colorado 115 reopens after closure during the 24 fire
Colorado 115 reopened at 4 p.m. Thursday following more than a week-long closure between Colorado Springs and Penrose because of the 24 fire, according to Fort Carson officials. “There will still be fire crews in the area and officials will continue to monitor and notify the public if the conditions or situation changes,” a news…
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Penrose residents criticize communication on 24 fire as crews reach some containment
PENROSE — Macy May has anxiously slept half awake at night in her rural Penrose home as she awaited a pre-evacuation warning to possibly be upgraded to an evacuation order for the 24 fire that began on Wednesday. She and her four children, ages 7 to 15, live with their three dogs and 40 birds,…
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Wednesday 24 fire update: Crews make ‘great’ progress on containment; cause released
After a week of battling the 24 fire along Colorado 115, more than 200 firefighters have managed to get the blaze to 44% containment, according to a news release Wednesday morning. The 24 fire, which started March 18, has burned 7,385 acres on Fort Carson land between Penrose and Colorado Springs. Colorado 115 remains closed…
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Evacuation orders lifted, wildfire along Colorado 115 grows to nearly 7,400 acres
The 24 fire, burning along Colorado 115 between Colorado Springs and Penrose, has scorched 7,385 acres and is at zero percent containment, according to a Fort Carson spokesperson. The blaze, which started Wednesday morning along the east side of the highway before jumping onto Fort Carson land, was reported at 4,600 acres as of Sunday…
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Wildfire burning along Colorado 115 grows to 4,605 acres with 0% containment
About 170 firefighters from more than a dozen agencies were working Sunday to contain a wildfire burning along Colorado 115 between Colorado Springs and Penrose, according to fire officials. The blaze, dubbed the 24 fire for the mile marker where it started, had scorched more than 4,605 acres and was at zero percent containment as…
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El Paso County issues pre-evacuation warning by 24 fire as southern Colorado cities break monthly highs again
High winds and hot, dry temperatures caused the wildfire along Colorado 115 to grow by almost 100 acres on Saturday as at least three southern Colorado cities broke all-time monthly highs for the second time in two days. The conditions posed a challenge to crews on the ground for a fire that has already proved…