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Firefighters pause for Ariz. hot-shot victims

Dry weather could hamper containment

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arizona fire chief called tent shelters a ‘last-ditch effort’

YARNELL, Ariz. – The wildfire that killed 19 firefighters came at the start of Arizona’s monsoon season – a weather phenomenon that brings lightning strikes, gusty winds, dust storms and som...

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Aspen stand in wildfire’s way

The wildfires ripping through Southwest Colorado that consume downed and standing conifers have spared aspen in the same stands. “Aspen don’t have the flammable characteristics of...

DATE: Jun 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

West Fork fires grow to 92,000 acres

Local outbreaks sparked after lightning strikes

DATE: Jun 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rain, wind a mixed blessing

Fires grow to 91,000 acres

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters go to San Juans

Firefighters responded Friday afternoon to two fires started by lightning in the San Juan National Forest after afternoon thunderstorms. Both were single trees burning in remote areas, the U...

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolf Creek Pass set to reopen

South Fork residents return home; haze expected to linger over Durango

DATE: Jun 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local smoke may be from N.M.

(12:30 p.m. Thursday) The National Weather Service said today that smoke in the Durango area appears to be coming from fires smoldering in New Mexico, but it is uncertain of the exact origin...

DATE: Jun 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Haze, service assures, is smoke, but no blaze

West Fork Complex remains active; fire danger high today

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

West Fork Complex fires

West Fork Complex continues to burn

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Fires close Divide, Colorado trails

(4:30 p.m. Wednesday) – Emergency closures in place due to the West Fork Complex currently affect long sections of the Colorado Trail and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, the Fo...

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News