Tag: Parachute Colorado
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No sign of end for Western Slope’s Spring Creek fire
The season’s first big Rocky Mountain region wildfire is still burning with red flag warnings predicted for Wednesday and Thursday, but no evacuations yet scheduled. So far, nearly 3,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management and private land have burned. The Spring Creek fire was first reported southwest of Parachute shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday.…
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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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Girl dies after falling in front of school bus in Garfield County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An 11-year-old girl died after being run over by a school bus in Parachute on Thursday morning. Police said the incident happened at 7:30 a.m. after the girl tripped while running to catch her school bus. The girl fell underneath the wheels of the bus,…