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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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Crews start to contain some of the 5 wildfires burning in western Colorado amid ongoing dry conditions
The Sowbelly fire, burning 2,274 acres in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area west of Delta, was 16% contained ...
Here are all the wildfires burning in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis issued a disaster declaration Sunday for five wildfires burning in several of the state's counties. Here's ...
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.
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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 ...
Wildfire destroys campground, buildings in Colorado national park
The South Rim Fire burning inside Colorado's Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park has destroyed several structures and ...
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 ...
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Why is it so hazy in Colorado? Smoke from multiple wildfires wafts toward I-70 corridor
A haze of smoke from wildfires burning in Colorado wafted into counties along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor on ...