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CSFD warns that mental health response team could run out of funding next year
The Colorado Springs Fire Department is raising alarms that the city’s mental health response program could end next summer after losing funding from a state grant. Thursday, during the City Council’s work session on the 2025 budget, the fire chief and deputy chief were questioned by the council about the precarious state of the city’s…
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CSFD teams up with Widefield students to increase fire safety awareness
As Colorado Springs’s population and construction needs continue to grow, so does the risk of wildfires throughout the city and region. With this threat in mind, the Colorado Springs Fire Department has partnered with the Manufacturing Industry Learning Lab (MiLL) in Widefield School District 3 to build structures demonstrating the different levels of fire resistance.…
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Fire Department responds to multiple fires in Colorado Springs Tuesday evening
The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the western part of the city and a grass fire near Interstate 25 late Tuesday afternoon. At 5:49 p.m., the department posted on X that crews were responding to a fire in an out building at 1641 W. Colorado Ave. By 6:30 p.m., officials reported…
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Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine victim identified in fatal equipment malfunction
The person who died in the Oct. 10 elevator malfunction during tours at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek was identified as Patrick Weier, a tour guide at the mine. Weier, 46, is survived by a 7-year-old son, officials with the Teller County Sheriff’s Office said during a news conference Friday. Weier was…
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1 dead, 23 rescued at Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek
CRIPPLE CREEK • One person died, four were injured and 23 rescued after an equipment malfunction during tours of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek on Oct. 10, according to the Teller County Sheriff’s Office. By 7:15 p.m., the 12 who had remained trapped for close to seven hours at the bottom of…
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Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine victim identified in fatal accident; ‘door was broken’
Editor’s note: This story has been updated multiple times since its original time of publication. DIVIDE • The person who died in Thursday’s elevator malfunction during tours at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek was identified as Patrick Weier, a tour guide at the mine. Meanwhile, officials pointed to a broken door on the…
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1 dead, 23 rescued at Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek after equipment malfunction
CRIPPLE CREEK • One person died, four were injured and 23 rescued after an equipment malfunction during tours Thursday of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, according to the Teller County Sheriff’s Office. By 7:15 p.m., the 12 who had remained trapped for more than six hours at the bottom of the tourist mine…
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Burn restrictions ordered for Colorado Springs
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the correct time and day that the burn restriction goes into effect. The city of Colorado Springs is scheduled to be on burn restrictions starting at noon Friday, according to a news release. Because of ongoing fire hazards and hot, dry weather forecasts, the burn restriction will…
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Colorado National Guard, firefighters heading to Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton
The Colorado National Guard and other local first responders are joining those currently in Florida to assist with ongoing recovery efforts following Hurricane Milton. The Guard announced Wednesday that they deployed one CH-47 Chinook helicopter and eight crew members to Florida from Aurora Tuesday morning in preparation for hurricane response. The action comes in response…
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CSFD driver-engineer among those remembered at Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial ceremony
Bobby Keese died last October and served with the department over 30 years