Chaffee County Commissioner Keith Baker recently joined nearly 400 county leaders and partners for the National Association of Counties Western Interstate Region Conference in Utah.
Air quality alerts remain if effect as Colorado will see another day of hazy skies and poor visibility… all because of wildfire smoke from Canada drifting south into Colorado.
The North Creek Fire started over the weekend near Beulah, west of Pueblo, is now 10% contained and has burned just over 40 acres.
The 403 Fire burning on the Park and Teller County line is now 92% contained. The fire burned just over 1,500 acres.
Officials believe the Badger Creek Fire in Park County was caused by a homeowner’s “careless actions on their property, in violation of the local fire ban.”
A wildfire in Park County, called the Badger Creek Fire, forced evacuations Wednesday about 30 miles south of Hartsel.
The 403 Fire burning in Park County is now 88% contained. It has not increased in size, standing at just over 1,500 acres.
The Park County Sheriff has confirmed that the 403 Fire, which has burned over 1,500 acres, was human-caused.
A fire between Cripple Creek and Florissant prompted a brief evacuation in Teller County yesterday afternoon.
A Red Flag Fire Warning is in effect for the San Luis Valley due to gusty winds and low relative humidity. Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread.
The Salida Fire Department shared video of a wildfire that started near the Arkansas River Tuesday (June 7) evening.
A wildfire near a small northeastern New Mexico community in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains hat is the biggest fire in the U.S. is expected to keep growing.
