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Colorado wildfires: Crews bring largest fire under 34% containment
Fire crews working across western Colorado made more progress containing and slowing the growth of several wildfires Thursday ...
One of Colorado's biggest fire departments forecasts $500 million shortfall over next decade: "It's a big amount"
South Metro Fire Rescue, which serves nearly 600,000 residents in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties, is forecasting a ...
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JULY 18: Crews making progress on Colorado wildfires, evacuation status updates
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Here is the latest on the fires scorching the west. Evacuation updates as of 12 p.m. Thursday, ...
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Get to know the “Super Scooper” airplanes fighting wildfires in Colorado
Colorado’s largest lake has that in spades. The west end of Blue Mesa along U.S. 50 has been closed to watercraft for the duration of the Scoopers’ work, giving the planes plenty of room to do their ...
Evacuations ordered due to Cottonwood Flat Fire in western Colorado north of Parachute
Colorado officials have ordered evacuations due to the Cottonwood Flat Fire burning in Garfield County.
New wildfire prompts evacuation orders in western Colorado
Evacuation orders were issued for residents within a one-mile radius of 1800 County Road 309, the website indicates.
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The North American Monsoon is on its way to Colorado. Whether it will be a typical monsoon season is yet to be determined
After a dry start to the summer in Colorado, with wildfires burning across the Western Slope, the approaching North American ...
Five-acre brush fire breaks out near site of previous vegetation fires that forced evacuation of Colorado town
A brush fire was reported Tuesday afternoon in Douglas County, just a few miles from fires that broke out Sunday that forced ...