Tag Archives: Colorado

Leased helicopter will be used by Colorado Firefighting Air Corps     Wildland Firefighter Staff DENVER, Colorado – Summit Daily reports that a bipartisan bill focused on wildfire relief, mitigation and prevention includes funding to lease a Sikorsky FIREHAWK®  helicopter. ...

PIOs take us up close on a wildfire     South Metro Fire Rescue – Centennial, Colorado On this vlog Connor and Eric take you up close to a wildland fire at Cherry Creek State Park. The fire burned 202 ...

Joergensen was arrested for allegedly starting the Spring Creek Fire in 2018     By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A judge on Friday decided against dropping criminal charges lodged against a mentally ill Danish man accused of ...

Over 100 homes destroyed in Spring Creek Fire     By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — With no viable option remaining for trying a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a large Colorado wildfire in 2018, a ...

Doctors find Danish man unable to stand trial     By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for a Danish man charged with arson for starting a wildfire that destroyed over 100 homes in southern Colorado in ...

East Troublesome Fire is second-largest in state history     ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Many areas of Rocky Mountain National Park reopened Friday after being closed for two weeks after a massive wildfire spread into the park. ...

Cameron Peak Fire ignited in arid and rugged terrain     FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire that has scorched more than 326 square miles (844 square kilometers) since it started in mid-August, becoming the largest in Colorado history, ...

Firefighters were able to piece together three miles of fire lines     Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Snow and cold weather on Sunday put a damper on a wildfire that has forced thousands of people to evacuate in northern ...

Elderly couple found dead after refusing to leave their home     Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A mandatory evacuation order has sent thousands of people fleeing from their homes near Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado as wildfire ...

Over 192,000 acres burned     By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s second-largest wildfire in state history was most likely caused by human activity, Gov. Jared Polis said Friday. The East Troublesome fire which forced ...