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Waldo Canyon Fire
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Articles, Maps, Updates on the fire west of Colorado Springs
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Nancy White
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Scientists with the Burned Area Emergency Response Team led members of the media on a tour of the Waldo Canyon Fire area Tuesday morning.
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Perhaps we will never learn what caused this tragic and highly destructive fire.
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Acquired June 23, 2012, this image shows wildfires burning across Colorado, including the second-largest fire in Colorado history.
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There is something about this image - perhaps the contrast of the mountains in green against the red in this thermal image. It creates a feeling of immense vulnerability and helplessness.
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Here are specific tips for those who lose homes to wildland fires, garnered from Fourmile Canyon fire recovery experts and survivors.
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A brief spell of rain near downtown Colorado Springs rolled through just after 1:30 p.m. Friday,...danger of flash floods near burn area on Saturday.
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In the worst-hit corner of the West’s brutal fire season, a racing blaze made quick work of the Flying W Ranch, and of the musical tradition of four singing cowboys.
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After burning for two weeks and destroying 347 structures in and to the west of Colorado Springs, the Waldo Canyon fire was expected to be fully contained Friday.
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Colorado Springs native musician Chuck Snow put pen to paper and plectrum to guitar strings in the midst of the Waldo Canyon Fire and the result was one great song: Whichever Way the Wind Blows. You can download the song at ChuckSnow.com and all proceeds will be donated to the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region. The images in this video were all taken by local photographer Bryan Oller who chronicled the Waldo Canyon Fire from its first smoke plume.
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Investigators in El Paso County have found where the Waldo Canyon Fire started.
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Sitting at his desk in Redwood City, Calif., Manuel Navarro could only shake his head in sadness as the Waldo Canyon fire swept with fury through the Mountain Shadows neighborhood June 26.
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CSPD created and narrated video showing what fire fighters faced during the fire storm in the Flying W area and Mountain Shadows.
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Mount St. Francis mostly untouchedColorado Springs GazetteWALDO CANYON FIRE: Mount St. Francis mostly untouched | francis, gail, hickert, canyon, mount, couldn, untouched, fire, waldo.
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"The moment something of note happens one of my friends is sharing some type of relevant information. In fact, it is usually easy to distinguish what information is of note by the amount of posts that run through my feed addressing it. Because of this social media information flow I am able to get many different viewpoints, instant up to date information and a measure of the concern. News sites themselves are now even scouring social media pages just to discover breaking news and gather content."
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- More than 20,000 evacuation calls were never delivered to residents in the path of a wildfire that destroyed about 350 homes around Colorado Springs last month, records show.
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It is unnerving to learn that safety systems like this failed to work. Hopefully, they have learned what they need to do to fix it if we ever face this kind of danger again.
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The Waldo Canyon Fire was 100% contained as of July 10 at 8 p.m.. At this time we recommend that homeowners utilize the resources available at the El Paso County Disaster Resource Center as well as the information ...
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Such a relief, after so much destruction, fear, and sadness. No one ever things this can happen to them. Many lessons were learned - maybe most profoundly, you learn what matters most when you have only minutes to decide what to grab before you join the line of cars to evacuate the fire danger area.
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Home Depot built 1500 sifters for victims of the Waldo Canyon Fire.
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This image says it all. Glen Erie & The Navigators are the small section in the heart of the fire zone that remained almost untouched by Waldo Canyon Fire.
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER -- Dispatch recordings show that Colorado's deadly Waldo Canyon wildfire appears to have started near a popular hiking trail west of Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs residents have seemingly lined streets daily to show their appreciation of firefighters...
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After a day of Fourth of July celebrations around the Pikes Peak region, many pulled together...
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From
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Firefighters have built containment lines around 90% of the Waldo Canyon Wildfire burning west of Colorado Springs.
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Fire investigators plunged yet again on Tuesday into the blackened forest, around one of the Pikes...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- As the fire raced toward the Mountain Shadows neighborhood, even firefighters feared what was coming."Big, big firestorm. This is going to be trouble," said firefighter Steve Schoepper as he ...
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Carol Lakes and the Farish Memorial Recreation Area are open to the public. Businesses that have approved to open are the Cave of the Winds and Cliff Dwellings. The fire area remains closed to the public.
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Fox 31 KDVR.comWALDO CANYON FIRE: Signs of hope continue to emergeColorado Springs GazetteWALDO CANYON FIRE: Signs of hope continue to emerge | colorado, battle, monday, gas, west, embarked, springs, canyon, natural, hope.Colorado wildfire: Waldo ...
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A year and a half later, the report is released