MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Manitou Springs Fire Department is offering free property assessments to residents who are looking to find out how vulnerable they are to losing their property to a wildfire. Manitou Springs officials say the city is extremely prone to wildfire and add that implementing basic mitigation to private property could
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday’s close call with disaster from the Silver Charm Fire may heighten the public’s sense of urgency to increase the amount of wildfire mitigation, or prevention, in the Colorado Springs area. Authorities have an additional $20 million for that purpose, approved in a ballot measure by voters last fall; the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As area firefighters readied themselves for a predicted day of extreme wildfire fire danger, they also prepared for a visit from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. KRDO Fire officials with the city and El Paso County confirmed that Polis was in the area Friday on a previously-planned trip to discuss wildfire
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HUERFANO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are battling a 5-acre fire in Huerfano County. According to the Gardner Fire Department, the fire is burning on land that borders an area controlled by the Bureau of Land Management on Greenhorn Mountain. Multiple agencies, including Gardner Fire Department and BLM, have responded.
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Teller County Sheriff’s Office issued a mandatory evacuation order Friday evening due to a wildfire burning in the area of Bullion Circle. According to the TCSO, the Colorado Mountain Estates are under a mandatory evacuation. This is the Teller County Sheriff’s Office. Colorado Mountain Estates is under a Mandatory
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KIOWA COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are battling a wildland fire in Kiowa County According to Kiowa County officials, anyone north of Highway 96 in Chivington and Brandon is told to prepare to evacuate. Courtesy of Raina Lucero/Kiowa County Independent For anyone who has evacuated, the Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office says the fairgrounds in Eads
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The majority of a grass fire in the Briargate area that forced an entire subdivision to evacuate has been knocked down. According to officials, the fire was started by a welding accident at a construction site. Watch a press conference on the fire with Governor Jared Polis below: As of
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BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Investigators say a drone crash caused the 52-acre Table Mountain Fire in Boulder County. The fire was first reported around 3 p.m. Wednesday after dispatch received reports of smoke near the 5,000 block of Nelson Road. A mandatory evacuation was issued for nearby neighborhoods. Thursday, investigators determined the cause and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With high fire danger in the forecast for the remainder of the week, officials are reminding residents to adhere to the current Burn Restriction Order in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs Fire Department enacted burn restrictions on April 15 in response to “current and forecasted drought conditions, exceptionally dry fuel
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RIO GRANDE COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Multiple crews responded to a fire burning in Rio Grande County. Emergency officials said at a press conference the fire burned ‘numerous’ homes in a residential area of Monte Vista, but did not know a specific amount yet. The fire happened about a mile from the city’s downtown area.
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BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A fire burning in Boulder County Wednesday afternoon has forced the evacuation of neighborhoods west of Lagerman Reservoir. According to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, the fire started as a grass fire near the 5000 block of Nelson Rd. Just before 3:30 p.m., mandatory evacuations were issued to the areas
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department is reminding residents to sign up for emergency alerts while wildfire season gears up. Fire officials say residents don’t realize their phones can potentially save their lives if a wildfire was to break out in their area. According to CSFD, cellphones are the fastest way
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office announced Stage 1 Fire Restrictions for areas they manage due to dry conditions and high fire danger. The fire restrictions apply to all BLM-administered public lands within the boundaries of: Lake CountyTeller CountyPark CountyEl Paso CountyFremont CountyChaffee CountyCuster CountyPueblo
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A Colorado Springs dog sanctuary is working to make sure they can get all their dogs out safely and quickly if a wildfire was to break out. The Old Mutt Hut is a retirement home for senior dogs that have been abandoned. Right now, the non-profit has about 12 dogs in
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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A wildland fire in Northern Colorado has forced some residents to evacuate Friday afternoon. Larimer County officials say the fire is burning off of County Road 37E in the Blue Mountain Area, north of Lyons. This is the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office with an emergency message. We are working a
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Arkansas River Trail in Pueblo will reopen to the public on Saturday after being closed for nearly a week while crews worked to contain hotspots from flaring back up. The wildfire broke out Sunday afternoon and forced the evacuation of an animal shelter. Officials say it burned about 20 acres
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Several crews with the Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to a grass fire near Fountain Creek. According to CSFD, the fire is fast-moving and was reported by 703 E. Las Vegas St. This is a developing story.
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FORT CARSON, Colo. (KRDO) — A spokesperson for Fort Carson provided an update on the fire that broke out on base Thursday afternoon. According to officials, Fort Carson Fire and Emergency personnel are still battling the fire on a Fort Carson training range as of Friday morning. At 9 a.m., the fire had burned 210
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews responded Thursday afternoon to a fire burning just north of Woodland Park near Mills Ranch Road. As of 8:30 p.m., the Teller County Sheriff’s Office reports the size of the fire at 7 acres, only slightly higher than the 3-5 acre estimate in the early afternoon, and it was
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EASTERN COLORADO (KRDO) — Thursday afternoon, the Rocky Mountain Incident Team provided updates on the two large fires burning in Eastern Colorado along Highway 50. Multiple fire fighting agencies spent Tuesday battling wildfires burning in Otero and Bent counties. At one point Tuesday, five wildfires were burning along the border between the two counties. As
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