Wildfire

Cortez Fire District hires 4 full-time firefighters

Fire District hires full-time employees

Cleanup work continues 3 years after Black Forest blaze

The Gazette of Colorado Springs reported that burned, blackened skeletons of trees threaten to break off and injure volunteers working…

Amid wildfires, North Carolina getaway turns to ghost town

Guests came to the Esmeralda Inn & Restaurant in Chimney Rock to see late fall colors in the crisp mountain…

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

Brennan Linsley/Associated Press<br><br>Federal officials on Monday released a wildfire-fighting and restoration plan to protect a wide swath of sagebrush country…

Heat, wind, clear skies intensify Junkins Fire

Officials on Sunday urged drivers to watch out for higher levels of smoke on the road that can impair visibility.…

Some wildfire evacuees allowed back home

Evacuation orders for some residents near Beulah in Pueblo County were lifted Thursday morning but remained in place for the…

Pueblo-area fire now 3 percent contained

Firefighters said they made good progress Wednesday against the fire, which has destroyed five homes and forced residents of more…

Wildfire groups to present program at FLC

Kari Greer/U.S. Forest Service<br><br>This photo from Kari Greer for the U.S. Forest Service, shows the devastation caused by the Whitewater-Baldy…

Fire west of Pueblo burns 5 homes

Hundreds of others threatened

Junkins Fire west of Pueblo burns thousands of acres in hours

The Junkins Fire, as seen from just east of Wetmore in Custer County at 7:55 a.m. Monday. A wildfire was…

BLM conducts prescribed burn near Gem Village

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is conducting a prescribed burn this weekend on Rabbit Mountain, north of Gem Village.…

Excavator believed to have sparked southern Colorado fire

Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor said Thursday that the machine’s operator was moving a rock near the town of Beulah…

Investigation into cause of Beulah wildfire wrapping up

Sheriff Kirk Taylor declined to say Wednesday whether the fire was caused by weather or people, saying all the findings…

Colorado wildfire forces evacuation of rural town, valley

homes destroyed in area near Pueblo

Wildfire risk workshop for landowners set

A “Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities” presentation on reducing wildfire risk on public and private lands will run 9 a.m. to…

Prescribed burn east of Bayfield should improve forest health

That’s the message Forest Service employees shared Friday during the second day of aerial ignition of the Pargin prescribed burn.…

Photos: Firefighters tackle small wildfire

California firefighters stretched thin

climate change, fighting fires is a year-round job

Evacuated residents in limbo as wildfire burns in California

Significant property damage from fast-moving blaze

Calif. wildfire closes famed Big Sur parks

Cal Fire firefighters extinguish hot spots while fighting the Soberanes Fire in Palo Colorado Canyon on the northern Big Sur…

Coal Gulch Fire 95 percent contained

1 fire ban still in effect south of U.S. Highway 160

Destructive California wildfire drives thousands from homes

Nearly 3,000 firefighters were put on the lines after the fire ballooned to more than 51 square miles since Friday,…

Red flag warning issued; Black Ridge Fire slows

80% contained Friday, but red flag warning Saturday

Two more fires start in Southwest Colorado

A Forest Service truck follows Bureau of Indian Affairs vehicles entering the Black Ridge Fire area on Thursday as firefighters…