Wildfire - The Durango Herald

New law requires feds to coordinate for prescribed burns

U.S. Forest Service must consult with local, state fire officials

DATE: Dec 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crews put out wildfire hot spots near Lakewood

LAKEWOOD – Fire crews are working to put out hot spots in an area burned by a wildfire Monday night in suburban Denver. On Tuesday, West Metro Fire Rescue said the fire on Lakewoo...

DATE: Nov 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amid wildfires, North Carolina getaway turns to ghost town

LAKE LURE, N.C. – Don Cason had his 125-year-old inn in the western North Carolina mountains booked solid for Veterans Day weekend, rooms full and restaurant reservations lined up. ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Plan unveiled to protect vast swath of Western U.S. sagebrush

BOISE, Idaho – Federal officials on Monday released an ambitious wildfire-fighting and restoration plan to protect a wide swath of sagebrush country in much of the West that supports cattle ...

DATE: Oct 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Heat, wind, clear skies intensify Junkins Fire

WESTCLIFFE â€” Firefighters say warmer-than-normal weather, clear skies and low humidity are intensifying a wildfire burning near Westcliffe, west of Pueblo, that has destroyed nine homes. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some wildfire evacuees allowed back home

WESTCLIFFE â€“ Some residents evacuated by a wildfire west of Pueblo that has burned five homes are being allowed back home. Evacuation orders for some residents near Beulah in Pu...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pueblo-area fire now 3 percent contained

WESTCLIFFE, Colo. â€“ Officials say a wildfire west of Pueblo is now 3 percent contained, the first time they have reported any secure lines around the blaze. Firefighters said th...

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildfire groups to present program at FLC

Firewise of Southwest Colorado, Southern Rockies Fire Science Network, Mountain Studies Institute, Fort Lewis College and Working Films have partnered to sponsor “Capturing Wildfire,”an even...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire west of Pueblo burns 5 homes

Hundreds of others threatened

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Junkins Fire west of Pueblo burns thousands of acres in hours

WESTCLIFFE – A wind-driven wildfire in southern Colorado destroyed one house Monday and forced residents to flee 130 homes, authorities said. Four structures have been lost and 11...

DATE: Oct 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

BLM conducts prescribed burn near Gem Village

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management started a prescribed burn Friday on about 275 acres near Gem Village. The burn should reduce fuel in the hills, which will reduce wildfire risk...

DATE: Oct 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Excavator believed to have sparked southern Colorado fire

BEULAH — Authorities believe a Colorado Department of Transportation excavator operator performing routine drainage ditch maintenance somehow started a wildfire that destroyed eight homes an...

DATE: Oct 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News