Tag: Quarry Fire
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Colorado wildfire recovery efforts begin, as Alexander Mountain fire nears containment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Colorado wildfires left burn scars across thousands of acres, first responder officials from across the Front Range on Thursday lamented that this is only the beginning of recovery efforts. “The work is certainly not done,” Kate Kimbly, spokesperson for the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office,…
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Colorado wildfire updates: Quarry Fire reaches 100% containment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A day after Jefferson County authorities lifted wildfire evacuation orders, firefighters on Wednesday fully contained the Quarry fire west of Ken Caryl in Deer Creek Canyon. Firefighters extinguished the Quarry fire blaze after it burned through 579 acres, Jefferson County Sheriff’s officials said. The cause…
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Wildfire updates: All mandatory evacuations lifted in Jefferson County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Residents who were rushed out of their homes over the past week due to the raging fire near Deer Creek Canyon Road can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Jefferson County Sherriff’s Office announced on Tuesday that people affected by the mandatory evacuations in…
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Colorado firefighters make progress on Quarry Fire, residents eager to return home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As hundreds of evacuated residents wait to return home, Jefferson County first responders on Monday couldn’t provide exact timelines of when they will fully contain the 472-acre Quarry Fire. But it’s getting close to when all residents can return home, officials said Monday. The Deer…
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Neighborhoods reopen as Quarry fire in Jefferson County reaches 35 percent containment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Quarry fire in Jefferson County continued to subside Sunday and hundreds of evacuated residents are returning home. “I’m feeling really good about where we are at,” Mark Techmeyer, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said during a news conference Sunday morning. The…
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Wildfires burning in Colorado, western U.S. strain resources
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the weekend begins, three of the four Front Range wildland fires that have raged amid day after day of hot and dry weather remain largely uncontained and the firefighters scrambling to keep up face a lack of resources from national or regional departments that…
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Quarry fire now being investigated as possible arson
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The now 550-acre Quarry fire was human caused, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office investigator Kevin Bost said Friday. Investigators are suspicious that the fire started at 9 p.m. on the south side of Deer Creek Canyon, a dark mountain road with no cameras and no streetlights,…
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Quarry fire creeps closer to homes: It’s ‘absolutely one of the most challenging firefights’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Quarry fire in Jefferson County reached a quarter mile from the closest structure Thursday despite an increase in resources. “We have three big fires in the state of Colorado, but national news is focusing on this one,” Mark Techmeyer, the director of public affairs…
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Quarry fire in Colorado’s Jefferson County threatens 600 homes, prompting evacuations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a giant Boeing Chinook helicopter scooped a bucketful of water from Chatfield Reservoir and headed to drop it over Zach Stahl’s neighborhood, he sat in the bed of his dad’s truck and held tight to his signed hockey stick. It is one of 20 such autographed NHL…
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Colorado wildfires live blog: 1 dead, 5 structures destroyed in Stone Canyon fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Get real-time updates on the Alexander Mountain Fire, Quarry Fire and Stone Canyon Fire from The Denver Gazette staff. Refresh for updates. Click to jump to a fire: Alexander Mountain fire | Quarry fire | Stone Canyon fire 5:45 p.m. – Rick Tillery, spokesperson for Mountain…