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Local volunteers join ranks fighting High Park Fire Play Video
June 12, 2012 7:58 PM
More than a dozen firefighters from Southern Colorado are heading to Larimer County to join the lines of the High Park Fire. Volunteers and trucks from Colorado Springs, Fountain, Manitou Springs, Canon City and Westcliffe are all working the fire lines as part of a 500 person ground force. ... more » -
Crews containing 2 southern Colorado fires
June 4, 2011 9:04 PM
Firefighters spent Saturday mopping up and securing the two fires; the Bear and Purgatoire Fires located in Las Animas County The Bear Fire has burned 6885 acres. The Purgatoire Fire is still burning 6140 acres. Both fires are putting up very little smoke and are looking to be 100... more » -
"Bear Fire" continues to grow after spreading into Colorado
May 29, 2011 5:22 PM
A spokesperson with the Las Animas County Sheriff's Office tells News First 5 that there are currently 75 firefighters working the fire lines in the Colorado portion of the "Bear Fire." Additional resources have been requested and are en-route from the Colorado State Forest Service. Currently only one helicopter unit... more » -
Wildfire from lightning strike spreads from New Mexico into Colorado
May 28, 2011 5:59 PM
As News First 5 reported late Friday night a fire that had started in New Mexico has spread into Colorado. The fire began late Thursday evening when lightning from a passing thunderstorm sparked dry fuel in a rugged canyon area just west of Sugarite Canyon State Park in northern New... more »
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