TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters in Teller County have fully contained the Pathfinder Fire on Thursday. Residents are now allowed to return to their homes. The Teller County Sheriff’s Office issued mandatory evacuations around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday for residents on Pathfinder Rd and Pathfinder Circle due to a fire. Those orders were lifted
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – There are now several ways you can help those who have been impacted by a very active wildfire season in Colorado. In fact, the three largest fires in state history all occurred this year. The 2020 Fires Relief Fund was set up through the Community Foundation of Boulder County. You
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With three weeks remaining until Thanksgiving, state and local leaders are asking people to limit contact with others during the next few weeks to help slow the ongoing spike in COVID-19 cases. Gov. Jared Polis, in a media briefing Thursday, did not specifically mention Thanksgiving or say that people shouldn’t
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) – Many areas of Rocky Mountain National Park reopened Friday after being closed for two weeks after a massive wildfire spread into the park. The west side of the park remains closed however. That’s where the East Troublesome Fire burned after making a big run in extremely dry conditions
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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Cameron Peak Fire is closer to being fully contained by fire crews after months of effort; Wednesday, the incident command center reported it was 92% contained. The Cameron Peak Fire is the largest recorded wildfire in Colorado’s history, and it has burned just shy of 209,000 acres of land.
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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Larimer County Officials announced Monday morning all mandatory and voluntary evacuations for the Cameron Peak Fire and East Troublesome Fire have been lifted. As of November 2, the Cameron Peak Fire is 85% contained and the East Troublesome Fire is 37% contained. Now all residents and business owners can now
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – A wildfire that has scorched more than 326 square miles since it started in mid-August, becoming the largest in Colorado history, has damaged or destroyed more than 200 homes. A spokesman for the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office says that as of Monday, the Cameron Peak Fire in northern Colorado had
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DENVER (AP) – Wildfire damage assessment begins Monday for the towns and cities affected by Colorado’s second-largest fire in state history which caused evacuations and closed Rocky Mountain National Park. Noel Livingston, incident commander of the East Troublesome Fire says weekend snow and cold weather has tamed the fire’s growth and will help crews on
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — UPDATE: The New Santa Fe Trail near the Air Force Academy is safe after a close call with a two-acre grass fire Saturday afternoon. It started around 12:30 on Interstate 25 between North Gate Boulevard and Interquest Parkway. A captain with the United States Air Force Academy Fire Department said
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COLORADO (KRDO) — Gov. Jared Polis is giving an update on two major wildfires that are burning northwest of Denver on Friday.Watch below:
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GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Fire officials say the East Troublesome Fire in Grand County is now the second-largest wildfire in Colorado history. The blaze grew more than 100,000 acres in the last 24 hours. Firefighters say the extreme dry and windy conditions have contributed to the unprecedented growth. The beetle-killed lodgepole pine and terrain
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A person of interest in the Incline Fire investigation is cooperating with detectives, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Police identified 49-year-old Scott Tincher as a person of interest after a wildfire was reported near the Barr Trail earlier this month. Firefighters quickly were able to contain the fire,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Fire Department is urging homeowners to learn their home’s wildfire risk using the city’s interactive wildfire mitigation map. If you think your home may land in disaster’s path, fire officials say you need to get some sort of wildfire coverage wrapped into your homeowner’s insurance. The process
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (KRDO) — Fire officials say the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park will be closed to visitors starting Wednesday due to a wildfire nearby. “Significant fire activity” on the East Troublesome Creek Fire is forcing evacuation orders for residents in the Grand Lake area and near the national park.
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COLORADO (KRDO) — A strong cold front will push into northern Colorado early Sunday morning, bringing with it the potential for heavy snow and sharply cooler temperatures across the Front Range. That could be great news for firefighters battling wildfires in northern Colorado. Anywhere from 12-24″ could accumulate in the high elevations through late Sunday
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DENVER (AP) — A large swath of forest land has been temporarily closed near Colorado’s populated Front Range region to help firefighters battle wildfires and prevent new ones from starting on the very dry terrain. The closures of land in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in five counties went into effect at midnight on
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BOULDER, Colo. – People in Colorado’s most populated region are being asked to limit driving to avoid making air pollution caused by smoke wildfires even worse. The state health department issued the warning Tuesday for the Denver and Boulder metro areas because of three fires burning in the area, including the Cameron Peak Fire. The
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BOULDER, Colo. — At least 26 homes were destroyed by a wind-whipped wildfire in north-central Colorado that has scorched nearly 14 square miles and forced thousands of residents to flee. The Daily Camera reports the CalWood Fire started around noon Saturday about 17 miles northwest of downtown Boulder. Wind gusts of nearly 60 mph fanned
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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (KRDO) — Firefighters are battling a new fire called the Forest Road Fire in Douglas County. It’s burning off of South Rampart Range Road, 12 miles southwest of Castle Rock, near Rock Springs Campground. The fire was reported at 12:37 p.m. Saturday. A new fire called the #ForestRoadfire_CO in Douglas County, on
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LARIMER, Colo. (AP) — The largest wildfire in Colorado history grew overnight as high winds pushed the blaze through rural communities and the forecast predicts more “extreme fire behavior” on Saturday. Gusts of up to 70 mph overnight created “very significant” fire activity, especially along the southeast section, said Cass Cairns, a spokeswoman for the
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