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Published: 03/23/2023
10:00 am Prowers County Wildfire Contained, Burned 5,604 Acres On March 22nd 2023, at 3:58 pm, Prowers County Rural Fire was paged to a grass fire on US Hwy 50 east of Lamar at mile marker 443. The first units on scene reported a grass fire moving...
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Published: 03/22/2023
9:05 PM Prowers County Wildfire Update from Prowers County Commissioners This afternoon Prowers County Rural Fire responded to a fire east of Lamar near County Road 19. The fire grew quickly due to the dry and windy conditions and Rural Fire calle...
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Published: 03/22/2023
NWS of Pueblo: 3/22/23 Southeast Colorado Wildfire Statement Strong winds and dangerous fire weather conditions will continue across the southeast plains this evening. Areas of blowing dust will reduce visibility down to a mile at times. And areas...
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Published: 03/21/2023
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 252 PM MDT Tue Mar 21 2023 ...Red Flag Warning is now in effect for portions of the southeast plains on Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday evening... Southern El Paso County Including...
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Published: 03/14/2023
LJFD VS North LJ Brush Fire 3/14/23 At approx 445 pm today we responded to the 1800 block of Himebaugh in North La Junta for a brush fire. Upon arrival the fire was about a 1 to 1 1/2 acres burning toward the river bottom. A fast aggressive initia...
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Published: 03/14/2023
La Junta Fire Department VS Otero County Rd Z Brush Fire At 1208 pm today we responded to a brush fire just West of Rd 25 and Rd Z. The controlled burn had gotten away from a crew of farmers and spread to a large grove of trees. Upon arrival crews...
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Published: 03/14/2023
CPW: Free Firewood Available at Oxbow Wildlife Area John Noe and Colorado Parks and Retired Wildlife District Manager Steeve Keefer stand in the wood and brush piles at the Oxbow Wildlife Area on the Arkansas River in Southeast Colorado in 2022. O...
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Published: 03/05/2023
Las Animas/Bent Fire + Mutual Aid VS Purgatory River Fire Today at approx 1210 we were paged out to a mutual aid fire in Las Animas just south of town by the Purgatory River. Very strong winds and low humidity made this fire move very fast. An out...
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Published: 02/27/2023
Red Flag Warning URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 354 AM MST Mon Feb 27 2023 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued for portions of the I-25 corridor and parts of the eastern plains for Monday afternoon... ...A Fire ...
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Published: 02/24/2023
Las Animas/Bent County Fire VS Structure Fire Interview with Las Animas Fire Chief Jim Pryor: Interview Transcript: SECO News: This is Adrian Hart with your Southeast Colorado News on seconews.org . I'm here with Las Animas Fire Chief Jim Pryor on...
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