Tag: East Troublesome Fire
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife release podcast on wildfires and wildlife
Colorado Park and Wildlife released a podcast Friday, discussing the influence of the recent wildfires on wildlife. This year, three of the largest wildfires in state history have occurred, burning over 600,000 acres. The two largest, the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires, are still burning. In the podcast, CPW senior wildlife biologist Shannon Schaller…
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Rocky Mountain National Park to partially reopen Friday after closing over fires
Many areas of Rocky Mountain National Park will reopen Friday after tens of thousands of acres were lost to wildfires, resulting in two weeks of closures. Reopening areas include the roads, parking areas and trails in Wild Basin, Longs Peak, Lily Lake, Twin Sisters, Lumpy Ridge and U.S. 34 through the Fall River Entrance to…
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Polis launches fund to help Colorado communities impacted by wildfires
Gov. Jared Polis announced a statewide fund Wednesday that, in partnership with the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, will help communities impacted by recent wildfires. The fund will help communities to recover by issuing targeted grants that prioritize medium- to long-term recovery efforts among groups most in need. The fund will, in part, target and support…
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Tour of hard-hit areas shows ferocity of East Troublesome fire
A burned out pickup on County Road 4 inside the perimeter of the East Troublesome fire foreshadowed some of the wreckage caused by the second largest fire in Colorado history. On Sunday, a tour of two of the worst hit areas — the Sun Valley Subdivision and County Road 4 — highlighted the unusual nature…
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RMNP to stay closed after most acres burned in its history
All of Rocky Mountain National Park will remain closed after nearly 29,000 acres burned, the most in its history, officials announced Friday. The Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires have burned 7,485 and 21,307 acres of the park, which was established in 1915. Officials said they don’t know when the park will reopen but, when…
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Denver DA’s husband faces arson charges for violating fire ban in Grand County
The husband of Denver District Attorney Beth McCann faces 12 counts of fourth-degree arson for leaving 12 burning slash piles unattended, violating a Grand County fire ban near the East Troublesome fire. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office said Christopher Linsmayer, 68, is charged in connection with the fire ignitions in violation of the Stage 2…
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Grand County allows for partial re-entry from East Troublesome fire evacuations
Re-entry plans for Grand County began Monday following emergency evacuations as a result of the East Troublesome fire. The plans are for areas on the east side of Highway 34, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said. The Sheriff’s Office opened all areas south of the intersection of Highway 34 and County Road 6 east and…
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Firefighters leave letter for owner after saving cabin from East Troublesome fire
“If this note finds you we must have done something right.” That was the first sentence of a note attached to Dan Stones’ cabin near Lake Granby. The note was left by Meeker Fire Engine 1446, who had just saved the cabin from the East Troublesome fire. The note apologizes for not being able to…
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Nearly $100,000 raised for Colorado first responders who lost homes in wildfire
A GoFundMe page raising money for first responders who lost their homes in the East Troublesome fire has raised nearly $100,000 in less than two days. The fundraiser was started by Ellie St. Germain, the wife of Seth St. Germain, the assistant fire chief of the Grand Lake Fire Department. She said when the East…
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White House sends 50,000 COVID-19 tests to Colorado over wildfires
The White House sent 50,000 additional COVID-19 tests to Colorado in the past week to support testing needs resulting from recent wildfires. The tests are BinaxNOW rapid point-of-care tests, providing results in 15 minutes. “We are sparing no effort or expense to save millions of American lives,” White House spokesman Michael Bars said. “Approximately (1.75…