Tag: Red Cross
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Six people displaced after Aurora apartment fire
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six residents of an apartment complex on Aurora’s north side were displaced Friday after an apartment fire. Aurora Fire Rescue crews responded to a report of a fire at a multi-family residential structure in the 1900 block of North Peoria Street just before 6:30 p.m.…
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Afternoon mobile home fire in Aurora displaces one resident
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora Fire Rescue crews extinguished a blaze Tuesday afternoon at a local mobile home that displaced the sole resident, officials said. Sherri-Jo Stowell, a spokeswoman for the department, said the resident was uninjured and is…
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Red Cross closes last wildfire shelter in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After 80 straight days of providing shelter for Coloradans experiencing wildfire evacuations, the last American Red Cross wildfire shelter closed last week. Red Cross has given shelter and assistance to victims of the Cameron Peak,…
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Residents displaced by Aurora apartment fire return to gather belongings
Twelve hours after a fire ravaged their Aurora apartment building early Friday, many of the 60 displaced residents returned to gather their belongings. Televisions, paintings, high-chairs for babies, furniture and plastic bags filled with clothes and various items — all were placed outside of the Galena Apartment, 1600 N. Galena St., while people continuously drove…
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Waves of wildfire evacuations strain hotels, volunteers, evacuees
When Doug Bair and Cindy Meyer left Grand Lake Wednesday, the flames of the East Troublesome fire were 200 to 300 feet tall in the trees behind their house and they could feel the heat. “It was so hot, the flames were white,” Bair said. They grabbed their medicines, clothes and important documents and got…
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Gov. Polis’ message to fire evacuees: ‘Colorado stands with you’
Linda and Kelly Crane fell in love with the Rocky Mountains and knew that it would eventually be their final retirement destination years ago. Nearly nine years ago, the couple with their daughter, Stacy Maalik, moved east from California and learned to call Grand County home. But on Friday, they found themselves being comforted by…