Tag: Fire
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House explodes, partially collapses in Denver leaving 1 injured
A fourplex, multifamily home exploded on Thursday evening, partially collapsing the structure, injuring one and killing a dog. Denver Fire Department investigators believe a natural gas leak caused it, a spokesperson said Friday. Firefighters responded to the scene of an explosion in the 400 Block of South Lincoln Street, at the intersection with Virginia Avenue, in the…
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Western Colorado wildfire grows to 3,000 acres
A fast-moving wildfire is burning in western Colorado. The Spring Creek Fire is burning about five miles southwest of Parachute on the Western Slope of Colorado near Interstate 70, Denver Gazette media partner KUSA reported Tuesday. The fire, which started over the weekend, had burned about 212 acres and was 20% contained as of Monday…
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Colorado Gators rebuilding after April fire
A manager of Colorado Gators and Reptile Park in Alamosa thought she was pulling a dead tortoise from the wreckage of a burned building where more than 100 animals died in April. But Thing 4, a red-footed tortoise, had survived the fire by burrowing under another exhibit in the reptile barn and poked his head…
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LIFE | Goats help Colorado Springs property owners with fire mitigation
Goat Mowers LLC in El Paso County will bring goats to your property to do fire mitigation. Goats are an ideal fire mitigators because they can get in places that equipment can’t, and they don’t reseed in their manure, unlike other ruminant animals such as cows, which do drop their seed. (Video by Skyler Ballard/…
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Colorado Gator Farm fire claims lives of rescue animals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An early morning fire at the Colorado Gator Farm in Alamosa County claimed the lives of several rescue animals Tuesday. According to the Mosca-Hooper Fire Department, the fire was reported around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. Responding crews arrived at the farm around 4:35 a.m., with Alamosa…