I worked across the street while I was in high school, and the fire brought back fond and awful memories of that area for me
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Federal forest chief calls for pause on prescribed burns amid dangerous fire conditions
By Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials are warning that expanding drought conditions coupled with hot and dry weather, extreme wind and unstable atmospheric conditions have led to explosive fire behavior in the southwestern U.S., where large fires continued their march across New Mexico on Friday. Crews also battled blazes […]
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Woman killed in Colorado Springs fire at two mobile home parks on Thursday
A woman and her dog died after flames engulfed their mobile home in a wind-fueled fire that destroyed eight units in two mobile home parks, officials said Friday. The woman’s death was confirmed by El Paso County Coroner Dr. Leon Kelly. He said she had been tentatively identified but declined to provide a name or […]
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Democrats abandon their pursuit of wildfire building code as Colorado’s 2022 legislative session ends
There are already dozens of pending bills being held up by Republican stall tactics on the last day of session.
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Several homes destroyed after fire ignites in San Luis Valley town
A fire that burned Wednesday in a neighborhood in the San Luis Valley town of Monte Vista destroyed several homes and other structures before firefighters were able to halt its advance. The fire broke out on the rural community’s north side about 12:15 p.m. and was already “out of control” and approaching structures as fire […]
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“An incredible frustration”: Boulder County fire officials have long sought better wildfire escape routes
Fire chief Michael Schmitt is bumping down an unpaved road west of Boulder, barely wide enough for his SUV. He’s headed toward the dead end of County Road 83, where — behind a metal gate, behind tree trunks blackened in the Fourmile Canyon fire — a narrow dirt road is cut into the mountainside. If […]
Posted inClimate, Environment, News, Water, Wildfire
Fire and rain: West to get more one-two extreme climate hits
By Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press The one-two punch of nasty wildfires followed by heavy downpours, triggering flooding and mudslides, will strike the U.S. West far more often in a warming-hopped world, becoming a frequent occurrence, a new study said. That fire-flood combination, with extreme drenchings hitting a spot that burned within a year, could increase as much as […]
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Drew Litton: Broncos already turning up the heat on the competition
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.
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Cano’s Castle, a southern Colorado folk art landmark, is heavily damaged in fire
A fire early Thursday consumed much of Cano’s Castle, a folk art landmark in Antonito near the New Mexico border, officials said. Dominic “Cano” Espinoza, the castle’s builder, is safe, and no other injuries were reported, Antonito police officer Olga Cortez said. The cause of the fire remained under investigation Thursday morning. Espinoza could not […]
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The minute-by-minute story of the Marshall fire’s wind-fueled tear through Boulder County
BOULDER COUNTY – Chihoko Cullens’ 7-year-old daughter was using the new teacher set she got for Christmas to run a pretend classroom for her little brother and sister, all three still in their pajamas, when the smell of smoke crept into the house. It was 12:10 p.m., an hour after the first 911 call reporting […]