Wildfire

Gusty winds, dryness could fan spring wildfires again

ALBUQUERQUE – More of the dry, windy weather that helped fan rare spring wildfires from New Mexico to Nebraska is expected to threaten the progress that firefighters have made in controlling...

DATE: Apr 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Added crews making progress on Midwest, Southwest fires

OMAHA, Neb. – Beefed up fire crews made major progress on a large prairie fire burning near the Nebraska-Kansas line on Tuesday and lighter winds allowed firefighters to keep flames from adv...

DATE: Apr 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Fire weather watch’ issued for much of Southwest Colorado

Air quality could decline as smoke drifts this way from Arizona and New Mexico

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds

OMAHA, Neb. – Firefighters across the country are battling growing wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a wildfire in rural so...

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Peak Colorado wildfire season may start earlier and last longer

Projections suggest peak of the fire season will start in mid-May

DATE: Apr 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘A very chaotic situation’: Crews tackle growing wildfires

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Destructive fires in the U.S. Southwest have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous small villages in New Mexico in the path of danger, as wind-fueled...

DATE: Apr 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

5,000 under evacuation orders as New Mexico wildfire rages

Douglas Siddens’ mother was among those who made it out with just the clothes on her back when a deadly, wind-fueled wildfire ripped through a mountain community in southern New Mexico. The ...

DATE: Apr 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Prescribed burn planned for Animas City Mountain

Preparations will begin mid-April and trails will close during the wildfire operations just north of Durango

DATE: Apr 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Couple found dead as wildfire destroys New Mexico homes

More than 200 residences charred near Ruidoso

DATE: Apr 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Firefighters battle small wildfire along river in Pueblo

PUEBLO – Firefighters in Pueblo were battling a wildfire on Sunday that charred about 20 acres of a grassy, wooded area along the Arkansas River and forced evacuations in at least one neighb...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Louisville allows fire victims to rebuild under older codes

LOUISVILLE – The Louisville City Council in suburban Denver voted Tuesday night in favor of allowing residents whose homes were significantly damaged or destroyed in Colorado’s most destruct...

DATE: Apr 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Charges dropped against Danish man in Colorado wildfire

DENVER – A judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against a Danish man accused of starting a Colorado wildfire that destroyed about 140 homes in 2018 after he was repeatedly found unable...

DATE: Apr 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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