Tag: east troublesome fire
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Colorado weather a ‘magnitude worse’ than historic Waldo, Black Forest fire seasons, official says
Colorado’s blistering, dry and breezy conditions have fire officials on edge as the state braces for a wildfire season forecast to be worse than during the Waldo Canyon fire in 2012. Officials warn that wildfires are becoming more frequent, more destructive and larger. “We are not looking good for fire this year,” Colorado Springs Fire…
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10 largest wildfires in Colorado history
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lee fire, burning in Rio Blanco County near Meeker in northwest Colorado, has eclipsed the 2018 Spring Creek blaze as the fifth-largest wildfire in state history, according to multiple reports. Ignited by a lightning strike Aug. 2, the Lee fire is currently at 7%…
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Tipping Point: Fire on the Colorado River watershed
Historic drought and low-runoff conditions have impacted the Colorado River Basin for several decades, robbing the area of moisture and priming the land for wildfires. In October of 2020, the East Troublesome spread through Grand County, devastating the drought-stricken terrain with a speed and ferocity no one in Colorado had seen before. As the fire grew,…
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NEWS | Grand Lake community emerges from East Troublesome Fire
The Grand County, Colo. area rebuilds after the devastation of the East Troublesome Fire in October of 2020. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Even without pandemic, 2020 was a hectic year in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As government leaders, health officials, and frontline and essential workers navigated what a “new normal” would look like for Coloradans amid the pandemic, 2020 was nevertheless a hectic year of growth in Colorado. Despite new public health restrictions that limited or halted some operations completely,…
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Even without pandemic, 2020 was a hectic year in Colorado
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As government leaders, health officials, and frontline and essential workers navigated what a “new normal” would look like for Coloradans amid the pandemic, 2020 was nevertheless a hectic year of growth in Colorado. Despite new public health restrictions that limited or halted some operations completely, this year Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region saw…
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NEWS | East Troublesome fire press briefing
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The East Troublesome fire morning media briefing on 10/23/20.
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NEWS | Gov. Polis visits East Troublesome fire site
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Gov. Jared Polis embraces Grand Lake resident, Irene Galicia-Coleman who evacuated earlier this week and does not if her house is still standing. (video by David Mullen)
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East Troublesome fire
A view from the outskirts of Granby above Highway 34 looking north towards Grand Lake on 10/22/20. (video by Skyler Ballard)