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Colorado wildfires: Cottonwood Flat fire forces evacuations near Rifle
The growth of one wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope has slowed to a crawl, but four others continue to scorch ...
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Tracking Colorado's July Wildfires: Over 20,000 acres burning across Western Slope
A look at the multiple wildfires burning across Colorado's Western Slope that have consumed over 20,000 acres.
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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Fire agencies continue to attack Board Shanty Fire in Josephine Co.
Crews continue to aggressively attack the Board Shanty Fire that broke out Thursday evening in Josephine County. The fire ...
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Wildfire in western Colorado balloons to 8,140 acres overnight with more ‘extreme fire behavior’ expected
A wildfire in western Colorado more than quadrupled in size overnight, quickly becoming the largest blaze burning in the ...
Evacuations ordered due to Cottonwood Flat Fire in western Colorado north of Parachute
Colorado officials have ordered evacuations due to a fire burning in Garfield County. The Garfield County Emergency Community ...
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Deer Creek Fire crosses into Colorado from Utah as containment grows to 7%
At just over 12,900 acres, the fire is bigger than all the other western slope fires combined and is one of several fires ...
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Colorado Residents Ponder the Road Ahead After Wildfires
Two People Remain Missing After Colorado Wildfire Officials said two people were still unaccounted for after the devastating Marshall fire, which consumed roughly 1,000 homes in suburban ...
Deer Creek Fire over 14,000 acres, has damaged 13 structures; expected to move northeast through Colorado
The fire that sparked in southeastern Utah last week and crossed into southwestern Colorado this week has damaged over a ...
Burdoin Fire in Klickitat Co. explodes overnight; Level 3: ‘Go Now’ evacuation orders expand
On Saturday morning, the county expanded Level 3: Go Now evacuation orders to include the town of Lyle. See the latest evacuation map for the area here. The fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. along the ...
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Big Sur Sees Wildfire From Palo Colorado Canyon - The New York Times
By Saturday morning, the fire — known as the Colorado fire — grew to 1,000 acres (down from an earlier estimate of 1,500 acres) after starting a little after 5 p.m. on Friday in the Palo ...
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 ...