UPDATE: At 2 p.m. Sunday, Incident Command confirmed the Vaughn View Fire is 100% contained, according to the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: The Vaughn View Fire is at 90 percent containment, according to the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District. A spokesperson says crews have made significant improvements Sunday and will
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Fire Team is battling a wildland fire on the southeast side of the county. The fire is about 80 acres and was likely started by a lightning strike, according to the Sheriff’s Office. No structures are threatened. The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management
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ARCHULETA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters are responding to a grassfire about 16 miles northwest of Pagosa Springs. The Sand Creek Fire was about 50 acres as of Sunday morning, according to the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center. The Sand Creek fire 16 miles NW of Pagosa Springs has 3 LATs engaged with a VLAT
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MONTEZUMA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters from multiple counties are still battling a 2,900-acre wildfire burning near Durango. Operations Section Chief Chris Zoller gave an update Saturday morning on Facebook about the East Canyon Fire. He said he expects the containment to rise from 21 percent in the next few days. “We’re getting into that
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MONTEZUMA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department sent crews to help battle a fire that’s already burned nearly 2,800 acres west of Durango. Though fire crews have made progress, they still have a long way to go. Captain Mike Smaldino with CSFD says though the fire is 17% contained, it doesn’t mean
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MONTEZUMA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters from Colorado Springs are headed to southwestern Colorado to fight a growing wildfire west of Durango. The East Canyon Fire has grown to 2,568 acres as of Wednesday afternoon and is 1% contained. In a tweet Wednesday, the Colorado Springs Professional Firefighters Association said crews had left Wednesday morning
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MONTEZUMA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A young bear is expected to get back on its feet after wildlife officers rescued it Tuesday from the East Canyon fire with badly burned paws. A release Wednesday from Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the bear has been taken to CPW’s rehabilitation facility in the San Luis Valley. The
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — People all along the Front Range are noticing smoke in the air Wednesday. The smoke is being blown over from the East Canyon Fire and the Loading Pen Fire in Montezuma County. There are also fires burning in New Mexico and Arizona that are contributing to the haze in the
Continue Reading DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A lightning-caused wildfire in southwestern Colorado that has led to the evacuation of more than two dozen homes has grown to about 4.2 square miles (10.9 square kilometers). The East Canyon Fire started Saturday and was burning on private and U.S. Bureau of Land Management land about 20 miles (32 kilometers)
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DENVER (AP) – A lightning-caused wildfire in southwestern Colorado has led to the evacuation of more than two dozen homes and the closure of a highway. The fire started Saturday and is burning on private and U.S. Bureau of Land Management land about 20 miles west of Durango. Wildland 27 (MMA327) en route to the
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PUEBLO, Colo (KRDO) — The City of Pueblo is enacting a Stage 1 fire restriction to prevent wildfires. Pueblo Fire Chief Barb Huber says the region is in a severe drought status, with extreme fire weather conditions for the foreseeable future. Stage 1 fire restrictions are banning the sale and use of consumer fireworks throughout
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HUERFANO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — After a weekend of dry conditions, high temperatures, and heavy winds, crews increased containment of the Wilson Crossing Fire in Huerfano County to 60% of the fire’s perimeter. The Wilson Crossing Fire, 17 miles southeast of Colorado City, has burned 144 acres so far. On Sunday, single-engine air tankers (SEATs) supported
Continue Reading EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — With Independence Day fast approaching amid an already active wildfire season, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is reminding everyone of fireworks restrictions. Unincorporated El Paso County is currently under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions because of the ongoing hot and dry weather conditions can make fireworks all the more
Continue Reading HUERFANO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews continue to work on a wildfire that ignited Friday evening in Huerfano County after a lightning strike. As of Sunday morning, the Bureau of Land Management says the Wilson Crossing Fire has grown to about 133 acres and is at 40% containment. The fire is about 17 miles southeast
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LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Cherry Creek Fire that has been burning since Wednesday is now 11,818 acres large and 50% contained, according to an update from the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control Sunday night. A spokeswoman for DFPC said cooler temperatures and increased humidity assisted firefighters battling the Cherry Canyon
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department held a hands-on training day Friday for its wildland fire personnel. Lieutenant Jason McFerran said about 30 new recruits from the academy were at the practice at Pinello Ranch by Highway 85. “They get the ability to actually experience it without all the stressors of
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado State Patrol tells us a crash Saturday afternoon that sparked a small wildfire is fatal. The crash closed Fremont County Road 9/Shelf Road around 12:30 p.m. A public information officer with CSP tells KRDO the driver drove off a cliff and died on scene. The road remained closed for
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department was called to a grass fire Wednesday afternoon on the north side of town. Fire crews responded to the ground fire in the 1100 block of Middle Creek Parkway at Mary Kyer Park. CSFD described the blaze as small at 20 by 20 feet. Crews
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters in El Paso County are expecting drier drought conditions as wildfire season approaches. Lieutenant Mitchell Rowley, who works for the Colorado Springs Fire Department, says people will have to help prevent wildfires. “Generally they’re started by us,” he said. “Most of them are human started.” Rowley says many wildland
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BENT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A grass fire erupted just east of Las Animas early Saturday. The Colorado State Patrol took this picture after fierce flames flared up along Highway 50 around 1 a.m. CSP tells KRDO the highway was closed in both directions at mile marker 408 near Fort Lyon for about an hour
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