Tag: Colorado Wildfires
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Neighborhoods reopen as Quarry fire in Jefferson County reaches 35 percent containment
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Quarry fire in Jefferson County continued to subside Sunday and hundreds of evacuated residents are returning home. “I’m feeling really good about where we are at,” Mark Techmeyer, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said during a news conference Sunday morning. The…
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Wildfires burning in Colorado, western U.S. strain resources
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the weekend begins, three of the four Front Range wildland fires that have raged amid day after day of hot and dry weather remain largely uncontained and the firefighters scrambling to keep up face a lack of resources from national or regional departments that…
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Additional resources coming to Alexander Mountain fire, some evacuation orders lifted
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Officials at the Alexander Mountain fire say that, because of the large number of fires across the West, roughly 90% of their requests for additional outside resources have been denied. But nonetheless they say crews battling the blaze feel they have the resources they need…
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Stone Canyon fire sees no growth, air assets redeployed to more active fires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Stone Canyon fire remains at 1,553 acres and 30% containment, according to a Friday update from the Boulder Office of Disaster Management. As crews continue to fight the fire, they are keeping an eye on the weather, which may threaten to bring increased wind…
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Lake Shore fire 100% contained, 1 home lost
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lake Shore fire near the Gross Reservoir in Boulder County was 100% contained as of about noon Thursday, according to the Boulder Office of Disaster Management. All evacuation orders and road closures were lifted earlier in the morning. One home was lost to the…
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Stone Canyon fire near Lyons 20% contained, many evacuations lifted
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Stone Canyon fire, burning near Lyons, was 20% contained as of around 5 p.m. Thursday. The fire did not grow much overnight or during the day, and is still sitting at 1,548 acres. Crews were able to contain the fire along the southeast corner,…
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Boulder County fire officials respond to Lake Shore Fire, near Gross Reservoir
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As another wildfire expanded in other parts of the county, Boulder County fire officials responded to a separate 6-acre fire near Gross Reservoir on Wednesday afternoon. That fire began near Lake Shore Park Road in the Mountain View Fire District by the northeast corner of Gross…
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Tax exemption offered to Colorado homeowners rebuilding after wildfires
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Revenue is offering a tax refund to homeowners who are rebuilding or repairing their homes that were damaged or lost in a declared wildfire disaster. The Sales Use Tax Exemption Wildfire Disaster Construction Act created a refundable exemption for the state…
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3 southern Colorado wildfires reach 100% containment; authorities say criminal charges will be pursued
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Firefighters have been battling wildfires across southern Colorado this week amid record-breaking heat and red flag conditions, and now three blazes are at 100% containment. Officials have said the Badger and 403 fires were caused by human activity on private property; the cause of the…
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Colorado receives $5.1 million federal investment to address wildfires
A federal department invested over $5.1 million in Colorado to help the state fight and prevent devastating wildfires. In Colorado, record-breaking wildfires have become more and more common in recent years. At the end of December, Colorado suffered its most destructive wildfire in state history, when the Marshall fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in…