Tag: fire
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Multiple fires reported in east Pueblo
Pueblo firefighters are working on multiple fires on the city’s east side that broke out Wednesday evening, according to a post on social media by the department. A grass fire along Fountain Creek had begun moving in two directions due to calm evening weather conditions, the department stated in an update at 5:46 p.m. A…
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Suspicious fire near a Colorado Springs bar under investigation
The cause of a fire next to a Colorado Springs bar was under investigation Wednesday morning. A lieutenant with the Colorado Springs Police Department told Gazette news partner KOAA they received a call just before 3 a.m. about a detached shed on fire behind the District Elleven bar, west of Acacia Park downtown. Crews found…
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Suspected arsonist linked to 8 fires south of Colorado Springs
Authorities believe they have caught a man responsible for setting eight fires near the El Paso-Pueblo county line over a short period of time Sunday morning. Dana Rampel, 33, is accused of setting seven grass fires, along with one vehicle fire, near High Stakes View along the creek bed to the southwest, according to the…
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Fire in Falcon contained after multi-agency response
A fire located at East U.S. 24 and Woodmen Road in Falcon ignited on Monday afternoon and was contained about an hour later. The Cimarron Hills Fire Department responded with automatic aid to Falcon firefighters, according to a post on social media shortly after 2 p.m. by the department. The area is near School District…
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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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Family of 8 displaced after townhome fire in Cimarron Hills
Fire officials say a family of eight is being relocated after a “rapid” moving fire tore through their townhome in Cimarron Hills on Tuesday. The Cimarron Hills Fire Department said the fire broke out at around 4 p.m. in the 1200 block of Cree Drive, located north of the Peterson Space Force Base in unincorporated…
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Appeals court reinstates Garfield County arson charge
Colorado’s second-highest court reinstated a Garfield County defendant’s arson charge on Thursday, concluding a trial judge improperly credited a witness’s claim that she alone was responsible for starting the fire. A sheriff’s deputy responded to a brush fire near Parachute in May 2024, next to a residential neighborhood. Witness statements and video evidence suggested Tiana…
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UPDATE: 5 displaced after fire spreads through Colorado Springs apartment
The Colorado Springs Fire Department says at least five residents have been displaced following a fire at an apartment complex Saturday afternoon on the city’s northeast side. The fire was reported just after 2:15 p.m. at Union Heights Apartments on Nightingale Drive and persisted for almost two hours before it was snuffed out, according to…
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Overnight fire at Colorado Springs mobile home park kills dog, displaces 4
A family and another resident were displaced after a fire broke out then spread to three fifth-wheel RVs at a Colorado Springs mobile home park overnight. The fire was sparked at the Northwoods Village Mature RV mobile home park near Fillmore Street and Cascade Avenue sometime after midnight Tuesday, according to the Colorado Springs Fire…
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Colorado Springs house fire ignited by improperly discarded cigarettes
A Colorado Springs homeowner was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in their residence was set ablaze by smoking a cigarette in a conjoined garage on Friday, a spokesperson with the Fire Department said. Firefighters arrived within three minutes of the initial report of a fire around 4 p.m. to rescue a trapped dog…