TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — While a wildfire continues to burn a few miles from Cripple Creek, the Teller County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Woodland Park has issued a Stage 2 Fire Ban. This ban was announced Friday at 1:15 p.m. Below is a flyer from the sheriff’s office explaining what the ban
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Investigators have determined that a wildfire on the 6700 block of Akerman Dr. in Colorado Springs Thursday was started after a homeowner threw smoldering ashes from a fire pit over his fence. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, Joshua Allen was served and released for “Firing Woods or Prairie”,
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are battling a reported fire in Teller County that has forced a mandatory evacuation. At 4 p.m. the Board of County Commissioners declared a local disaster for a wildland fire, which is being referred to as the High Park Fire. The Teller County Sheriff’s Office confirmed they were aware
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Crews are battling a wildfire along the banks of Fountain Creek, near I-25 and S. Academy Blvd. The fire is located between Forest Road on the west and Glenarm Rd. to the east in the Stratmoor Valley neighborhood. The fire broke out just after 10:00pm Thursday night. This is a developing story. KRDO
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — There was a mandatory evacuation notice issued to a neighborhood east of Hancock Expressway due to a fire in the area. The evacuation order has since been lifted. Late Thursday night, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said the Alturas Fire was 15% contained, and burned 182 acres. Firefighters will
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department issued a mandatory evacuation order in the Stetson Hills area due to a fire Thursday afternoon. After nearly four hours, the evacuation order was lifted. Thursday night, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said the Akerman Fire was 100% contained, and burned 30 acres. At 12:12
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The wildfires that continue to burn in New Mexico are generating smoke that will be the worst Wednesday in southern Colorado, particularly in the Trinidad area. KRDO The map below, released just after 9 a.m. by the federal Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program, shows the predicted path of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Dirt, smoke, and haze return to the horizon in Southern Colorado Wednesday which is increasing air pollution across the region. Some of this haze is attributed to blowing dust from increased wins, but much of it towards the south is due to smoke from a major wildfire burning in New
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COLORADO (KRDO) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials are warning visitors that smoke from massive wildfires in New Mexico will seriously impact air quality at two southern Colorado state parks. CPW says the smoke is reaching Fishers Peak State Park and Lake Trinidad State Park, both in Las Animas County near the New Mexico
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two more Town Hall meetings are happening this week to inform Colorado Springs residents about wildfires specific to the neighborhood they live in. The meetings are part of a Town Hall Series called Living with Wildfire. CSFD says the Living with Wildfire series “aims to empower the community to be
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Multiple crews responded to an overnight fire Tuesday caused by a crashed semi-truck. According to police, the Fountain Fire Department responded to an accident involving a semi-truck on southbound I-25 at mile marker 132 at 2:40 a.m., near Fort Carson. The Fountain Police Department (FPD) says the semi was driving when
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department is hosting two more Town Hall meetings to inform residents about wildfires specific to what area of town they live in. The meetings are part of a Town Hall Series called Living with Wildfire. CSFD says the Living with Wildfire series “aims to empower the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) are extinguishing a chimney fire early Monday morning in northeast Colorado Springs. The fire was reported at 2035 Tinsel Place, just after 3:45 a.m. According to our KRDO photographer, there were two occupants inside the house at the time of the incident. Crews say the
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday, a spokesperson with Fort Carson provided an update on a fire burning on the base. According to officials, Fort Carson Fire and Emergency Personnel and several local fire fighting agencies continue to battle the wildland fire that began burning Thursday. Officials say the fire began burning on an
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) — We’ve learned that wildfire season is year ’round in Colorado, but the ongoing drought has contributed to more fires early in the season. And with a second extreme fire danger day within a week expected Friday, the Pueblo West Fire Department is taking a step it hasn’t taken in a
Continue Reading EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — According to a spokesperson from Fort Carson, crews are working to contain two small fires burning on training areas. Officials with Fort Carson told KRDO the fires are small, both between two and five acres. The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office previously stated three fires were burning, however, a spokesperson
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews responded to a reported fire in rural El Paso County. The Falcon Fire Department first reported the fire just after 11:30 a.m. By 11:40 a.m., the department announced the fire was contained. Crews plan on staying in the area to perform mop-up efforts. Fire is contained. Crews are
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — A wildland fire that broke out on the east side of the Fountain Creek early Thursday morning is now 100% contained. According to the Fountain Police Department, crews from multiple departments responded to a reported fire near Fountain Creek, south of Duckwood Park at 3:45 a.m. At the scene, crews discovered
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Adrian Vasquez has been sworn in as the Chief of Police for the city of Colorado Springs. City of Colorado Springs Vasquez, who turns 57 in June, has served as the interim chief since the retirement of Colorado Springs Police Department Chief Vincent Niski in March. Chief Vasquez joined CSPD in 1995 after serving
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