Tag: Fire
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Colorado man breaks state record for growing largest pumpkin
Brad Bledsoe and family managed to grow the state’s first 1 ton gourd.
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1 dead following commercial fire in Denver
Arson investigators are now looking into the Tuesday morning fire
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Man suspected of starting Alexander Mountain Fire was disciplined by property owners days before, affidavit says
Court documents suggest co-workers of the ranch employee quickly suspected he could be behind the wildfire that burned 26 homes
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Pearl fire updates: Efforts to quell blaze stymied by high winds
The Larimer County fire remains at 128 acres with 5% containment Wednesday evening
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U.S. Forest Service takes command of Pearl fire
The 130-acre fire originated on private property and was likely human-caused, police say
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PHOTOS: Deer Creek Canyon Park closed, badly burnt after Quarry Fire’s destructive path
Nearly 600 acres burned in the Quarry Fire before fire personnel got the blaze under control. Deer Creek Canyon Park seems to have suffered a large brunt of the acreage.
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PHOTOS: Rocky Mountain Folk Festival brings community back together in Lyons after fire
Several thousand took in a wide bill of bluegrass and other artists at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival in Lyons, Colo. this past weekend. Some bar vendors donated all of their tips to fire relief in the wake of the Stone Canyon Fire that claimed one life and five structures the previous week.
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Balloon-based wildfire thermal imagery could help firefighters, first responders
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thermal imagery recently captured by a stratospheric microballoon over the Alexander Mountain fire in Larimer County shows how Denver-based stratospheric balloon company Urban Sky used remote sensing via its balloon system to photograph the state’s largest wildfire of 2024. Using one of the company’s altitude…
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Alexander Mountain firefighter talks about complexity of the battle, turning the corner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 500 firefighters have banded together to take on the 9,668-acre behemoth called the Alexander Mountain fire. A week later, the battle continues — but things are looking up, with fighters and officials confirming 83% containment on Tuesday afternoon and allowing residents to return to their…
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Quarry fire now being investigated as possible arson
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The now 550-acre Quarry fire was human caused, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office investigator Kevin Bost said Friday. Investigators are suspicious that the fire started at 9 p.m. on the south side of Deer Creek Canyon, a dark mountain road with no cameras and no streetlights,…