Tag: smoke
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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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Peterson C-130 aircraft helping battle wildfires in California
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peterson Air Force Base deployed a C-130 aircraft and aircrew Tuesday to assist fighting wildfires in California as skies over much of the western United States including Colorado remain smoky from fires burning in multiple states. The C-130 Hercules is equipped with the U.S. Forest…
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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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Haze from Western fires settles in Colorado
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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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Morgan Creek fire gains momentum, increasing over a thousand acres
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The uncontained Morgan Creek fire has burned nearly 4,000 acres of land in Routt National Forest in northern Colorado as of Monday, officials say. The blaze continued to move into the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness toward Floyd Peak and the areas already blackened by the Burn…