Tag: fire
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Fort Carson fire reaches 30% containment
Fort Carson fire crews are monitoring a blaze that started Wednesday morning in the training area on base. The fire covered about 350 to 400 acres as of Thursday morning and was 30% contained. “Our mutual aid partners have returned to their respective areas of operation while Fort Carson Fire continues to attend to and…
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Smoke from Fort Carson fire visible on I-25, Colorado 115
The Fort Carson Fire Department responded to a fire in a training area Wednesday morning visible from nearby highways. A Fort Carson spokesperson said that city and county partners have been supporting the base’s fire department to contain the roughly 350-acre fire. “No injuries have been reported and no infrastructure has been impacted by the…
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Grass wildfire in Douglas County reaches 500 acres, 100% contained
Responders reached 100% containment on a grass fire near Colorado Highway 83 in Douglas County on Thursday. The wildfire, which spread rapidly and prompted mandatory evacuations near Franktown, sparked near Dahlberg and Lake Gulch Roads, the Franktown Fire District said just after 1 p.m. on social media. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office correspondingly issued an…
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Colorado Springs firefighters knock down garage fire Saturday morning
Crews with the Colorado Springs Fire Department are identifying hot spots from a garage fire that sparked at a residence on the city’s east side. Firefighters responded to the fire on Lehmberg Drive some time before 8:30 a.m. Saturday and knocked it down within 30 minutes, according to social media posts from the Fire Department.…
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Fire near Limon forced evacuations, but under control
A vegetation fire just southwest of Limon broke out Tuesday afternoon, reaching several miles in length and jumping Highway 181, according to fire tracking site WatchDuty. An evacuation order was issued for the area from County Road 2T to County Road 22 and north to County Road 2W Tuesday afternoon as the fire moved toward…
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Investigation underway after several cars catch fire near North Nevada Avenue
The Colorado Springs Fire Department is investigating the cause of several vehicle fires that sparked early Tuesday morning near the Roadhouse Cinema. Smoke is “very” visible in the area and other parts of the city, according to a social media post from the Fire Department. The fires were reported just before 6:45 a.m. in the…
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‘At risk for doing this again’: Colorado Springs police arrest alleged serial arsonist a sixth time
A 22-year-old connected to at least six other arson cases in Colorado Springs has been arrested for a sixth time, city police announced Friday. Officers arrested Brandon Hugney Thursday in connection with a fire that was intentionally set in the 1500 block of Space Center Drive, according to a blotter entry from the Colorado Springs…
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Colorado Springs residents evacuated Monday night after shed explodes
A Colorado Springs home and several neighboring residents were evacuated Monday night after a shed exploded then caught fire, police reported. Located in the 2500 block of East Dale Street, near Platte Avenue and Circle Drive, the shed exploded at around 5:30 p.m. and was engulfed in flames by the time first responders arrived, according…
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2 killed in explosion at Pueblo County home on Thursday
An explosion and subsequent fire at a home in rural eastern Pueblo County killed a man and a woman, local officials announced in an update on Friday. Multiple fire and law enforcement agencies responded to an explosion at the home, near 57th Lane and Cherry Road in Boone, on Thursday, according to reporting from Gazette…
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Multiple fires burn in Colorado Springs on New Year’s Day; 1 displaced
At least one person was left homeless overnight as three fires burned throughout Colorado Springs on New Year’s Day. Two of the Thursday fires escalated to second alarms, according to the Colorado Springs Fire Department. No injuries were reported for any of them. The cause for all three are under investigation. 900 block of Darby…