Tag: fires
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Morgan Creek fire smolders near Steamboat Springs, air quality concerns continue
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Air quality advisories continued for Routt County and surrounding areas Thursday as the Morgan Creek fire, burning 15 miles outside Steamboat Springs, grew. The 4,297-acre blaze has increased by nearly 1,000 acres since Sunday when crews flew over for an aerial mapping of the fire,…
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Morgan Creek fire smolders near Steamboat Springs, air quality concerns continue
Air quality advisories continued for Routt County and surrounding areas Thursday as the Morgan Creek fire, burning 15 miles outside Steamboat Springs, grew. The 4,297-acre blaze has increased by nearly 1,000 acres since Sunday when crews flew over for an aerial mapping of the fire, InciWeb, a fire information system, reported. Firefighters saw slower growth,…
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Haze from Western fires settles in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Smoke from fires across the Pacific Northwest filled Colorado skies Tuesday, worsening the state’s air quality and in the Pikes Peak region obscuring views of America’s Mountain. More than 60 fires burning across the West have blackened 918,000 acres of land, with some of the…
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Haze from Western fires settles in Colorado
Smoke from fires across the Pacific Northwest filled Colorado skies Tuesday, worsening the state’s air quality and in the Pikes Peak region obscuring views of America’s Mountain. More than 60 fires burning across the West have blackened 918,000 acres of land, with some of the worst blazes raging in California, Oregon and Idaho, the National…
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More fires, bigger fires trend likely to continue in Colorado
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More fires, bigger fires trend likely to continue in Colorado
Over the past two decades, fire seasons in Colorado have consistently grown larger and more destructive. The three largest wildfires in tracked history ignited within 10 weeks of one another this year, putting the year’s total wildfire-burned acreage above the past six years combined. It’s a trend caused by several factors, experts and researchers say,…
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Boys, 13, charged with murder in California library fire
PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Murder charges have been filed against two 13-year-old boys suspected of starting a blaze that killed two firefighters at a central California library. Police said the boys were arrested after they were seen running from Porterville City Library shortly after flames erupted on the afternoon of Feb. 18. The Tulare County…
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Squirrels hide more than 200 walnuts under SUV’s hood
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh area couple found out where all their walnuts have gone. It turns out squirrels stored more than 200 of them under the hood of the couple’s SUV. Chris Persic tells KDKA-TV his wife called to say the vehicle smelled like it was burning. When she popped the hood, she found…