Fort Carson soldiers train to fight wildfires
More than 1,000 soldiers from Fort Carson are being trained to fight wildfires amid a deadly and destructive fire season in the West. A team from the National Interagency Fire Center, which coordinates wildfire-fighting efforts nationwide, is conducting the training at the infantry post outside Colorado Springs. Fort Carson said Monday that [...]
As homeowners start the process of rebuilding houses destroyed or damaged by the Waldo Canyon fire, the Colorado Springs Housing and Building Association wants to help. So it is partnering with the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, El Paso County and the City of Colorado Springs to make sure residents have a list of reputable building [...]
Continue reading …The Pikes Peak Cog Railway carried tourists to the top of “America’s Mountain” for the first time Thursday since the Waldo Canyon fire broke out Saturday afternoon. “Our phone has been ringing off the hook since we made the announcement this morning,” said Dave Donatto, traffic manager for the cog. “The reaction has been really [...]
Continue reading …A mob of 800 people who planned to descend on Manitou Springs today to patronize businesses changed plans after the dramatic turn the Waldo Canyon Fire made Tuesday night. “Due to the sudden developments in Colorado Springs, resulting in the loss of homes and property, this event is canceled,” organizer Bob Falcone wrote on the [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Farm Bureau Foundation has established an agricultural disaster fund to help people whose farms were damaged by a fire that swept through Yuma County earlier this week. Farmers and ranchers lost miles of fencing, hay and grass. The fire endangered humans, livestock, structures and homes, but is now 100 percent contained. It burned a [...]
Continue reading …The winter and early spring have been extreme across the West, with record snowpacks bringing joy to skiers and urban water managers but severe flood risks to northern Utah, Wyoming and Montana. And despite all the wet weather in the Rockies and Sierra Nevada, parts of eastern Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona are in severe [...]
Continue reading …Hundreds of residents evacuated by a wildfire that has destroyed at least 169 houses in the Colorado foothills were being temporarily allowed back to their homes Thursday. Firefighters were also working to make progress containing the fire ahead of strong winds expected later in the day. Gusts of up to 60 mph could blow away [...]
Continue reading …The downtown alleyway martini and cigar bar, 15C, was damaged by a fire this morning that caused the evacuation of nearby businesses and interrupted rush hour traffic through downtown. Four Colorado Spring Fire Department engine crews responded to fire this morning at 15C E. Bijou St., where smoke could be seen billowing into the air. [...]
Continue reading …Downed power lines are being blamed for a rash of brush fires in Manitou Springs. More than a half-dozen fires Monday broke out near Barr Trail. Smoke from the blaze caused the cog railway at Pikes Peak to briefly shut down. The fires were under control by mid-afternoon and didn’t threaten any structures. A downed [...]
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