Wildfire - The Durango Herald

Fire northeast of Bayfield at 10 acres

Wildfire is growing steadily, but slowly

DATE: Jul 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fiery rhetoric from California to feds over $18M fire debt

LOS ANGELES – California’s emergency services director has fired off a sharply worded letter to the U.S. Forest Service that said the agency had stiffed local governments $18 million for fig...

DATE: Jul 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Exact cause of Lightner Creek Fire to remain ‘undetermined’

Firefighters know it started in a house, but that’s all

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lightning strike starts small wildfire in Beaver Meadows

Columbine Ranger District crews are monitoring the blaze

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hundreds of houses remain evacuated near Colorado ski resort

BRECKENRIDGE – Evacuation orders for hundreds of homes were expected to remain in place through midday Thursday as a wildfire rages near Colorado’s Breckenridge Ski Resort. The fi...

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cost of Lightner Creek Fire tops $2 million

All county roads reopen to public

DATE: Jul 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drones disrupt firefighting efforts four times on Lightner Creek Fire

Police identify three suspects; cases referred to BLM

DATE: Jul 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lightner Creek Fire burning itself out

Residents asked to use discretion when calling 911

DATE: Jul 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fires flare up in Montezuma, Dolores counties

Dry lightning faulted; three wildfires, spot fires burning

DATE: Jul 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Federal command team to hand over control of Lightner Creek Fire

Burn area mapped at 412 acres; all residents allowed to return home

DATE: Jul 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters jump to wildfires

RIO PUERCO, N.M. – Flying 3,000 feet above desert scrubland in New Mexico, Nick Stanzak taps the first smokejumper on the shoulder to signal it’s his turn to leap from the twin-engine plane....

DATE: Jul 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Brush fire temporarily closes Navajo Lake State Park campground

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) â€” State park officials say there were no serious injuries during a brush fire at the Navajo Lake State Park, in Northwestern New Mexico near the Colorado border. ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News