Tag: highway 115
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Wednesday 24 fire update: Crews make ‘great’ progress on containment; cause released
After a week of battling the 24 fire along Colorado 115, more than 200 firefighters have managed to get the blaze to 44% containment, according to a news release Wednesday morning. The 24 fire, which started March 18, has burned 7,385 acres on Fort Carson land between Penrose and Colorado Springs. Colorado 115 remains closed…
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Wildfire burning along Colorado 115 grows to 4,605 acres with 0% containment
About 170 firefighters from more than a dozen agencies were working Sunday to contain a wildfire burning along Colorado 115 between Colorado Springs and Penrose, according to fire officials. The blaze, dubbed the 24 fire for the mile marker where it started, had scorched more than 4,605 acres and was at zero percent containment as…
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Motorists killed in February head-on collision identified
The El Paso County Coroner’s Office has identified two motorists killed in a collision Feb. 2, according to a news release Monday from the Colorado Springs Police Department. Wallace Broadnax, 83, and David Boxley, 63, died from injuries in a head-on collision on Colorado 115, south of East Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard, police said. The crash…
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Fort Carson schedules prescribed burns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Motorists and residents along the Interstate 25 and Colorado 115 corridors, from Colorado Springs to Pueblo and to Penrose, will likely see smoke in the next few weeks as Fort Carson conducts prescribed burns, according to a Tuesday news release from the Mountain Post. The…
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Fort Carson schedules prescribed burns
Motorists and residents along the Interstate 25 and Colorado 115 corridors, from Colorado Springs to Pueblo and to Penrose, will likely see smoke in the next few weeks as Fort Carson conducts prescribed burns, according to a Tuesday news release from the Mountain Post. The controlled burns will take place intermittently on the installation’s training…
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Colorado state trooper struck, injured while responding to crash on Highway 115
A Colorado State Patrol trooper was struck and injured Wednesday afternoon while responding to a crash on Colorado Highway 115 south of Colorado Springs. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol, the state trooper, identified as Trooper Tyler Atkins, was working on a previous accident near the intersection of Highway…
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Fatal crash near El Paso and Fremont county lines
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado State Patrol troopers said one person died and another was seriously injured in a head-on crash near the line between El Paso and Fremont counties Tuesday evening. The crash took place at around 5:30 p.m. on Highway 115 between County Road F-45 and Barrett…
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Fatal crash near El Paso and Fremont county lines
Colorado State Patrol troopers said one person died and another was seriously injured in a head-on crash near the line between El Paso and Fremont counties Tuesday evening. The crash took place at around 5:30 p.m. on Highway 115 between County Road F-45 and Barrett Road, according to Colorado State Trooper Josh Lewis. Three vehicles…