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• Clean-Up Crews Get School Ready for Students' Return After Fire Play Video

  March 15, 2013 9:23 AM

  Crews continue to clean up Evans Elementary School in Colorado Springs Thursday and Friday, after a student set a fire in a bathroom that evacuated the school and shut it down for several days. Now crews are working around the clock to get the school ready for students' return on... more »

• Colorado crews fighting small fires in NW Colorado

  July 12, 2012 5:38 AM

  MAYBELL, Colo. (AP) - Crews in northwestern Colorado are fighting several fires sparked by lightning but none have prompted evacuations. The Cedar Knob fire has burned nearly 1,200 acres on private land near Maybell in Moffat County. The fire was threatening a cabin and some outbuildings but no houses. The... more »

• C130 MAFFS from Colorado crashes in South Dakota

  July 2, 2012 7:14 AM

  EDGEMONT, S.D. (AP) - Military officials have identified a plane that crashed while battling a South Dakota forest fire as a C-130 tanker based out of Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. Military spokeswoman Capt. Ruth Castro tells The Associated Press that the tanker made at least two drops of... more »

• One injured in house fire

  June 20, 2012 6:30 AM

  Fire crews are working to find out what started a house fire south Colorado Springs overnight. The fire started around 3:30 this morning at 3995 Morley. Officials say there were three people in the home. One person was injured, but they are not thought to be severe. ... more »

• Fire Department looking for lost hikers in Red Rock Canyon Park

  August 27, 2011 3:13 PM

  Rescue crews from the Colorado Springs Fire Department are conducting a search and rescue operation in Red Rock Canyon Park on the report of hikers lost in the area. Crews are using cell phone signals to narrow in on a search area, and have split into two teams with hopes... more »

• Fire destroys Pueblo home

  August 3, 2011 2:46 AM

  The Pueblo County Emergency Services Bureau responded to a house fire around 8 p.m. last night on Nature Center Road in Pueblo. There are no injuries reported. But the house has been deemed a total loss. When crews arrived on scene the house was completely engulfed in flames.... more »

• Cooler temps slow fire growth on Duckett Fire

  June 18, 2011 3:09 PM

  Brenda Bowen spokesperson for the Duckett Fire Emergency Management team has released an updated statement regarding the Duckett Fire. Lower temperatures are slowing the fire growth and giving fire fighters on scene a bit of the upper hand while setting fire lines to contain the fire. Firefighters were able... more »

• Pueblo's snow removal crews working non-stop

  January 10, 2011 4:41 PM

  Snow removal crews in the City of Pueblo are working around the clock to clear the roads. Jeff Pratt, the supervisor of the city's street division says about 10 trucks are removing snow and dropping sand on the roads. "We'll probably be out there til about Wednesday evening," said Pratt.... more »

• Firefighters in Utah race to beat wildfire, winds

  September 21, 2010 10:39 AM

  Crews are racing to reinforce fire lines before winds pick up again on a wildfire sparked during a military exercise at a Utah Army National Guard base. Fire spokeswoman Kim Osborn said Tuesday more firefighters are joining the 200-plus who worked Monday to fight the 4,300-acre Machine Gun fire... more »

• Hwy 24 roadwork underway

  September 13, 2010 9:04 AM

  Rock slides closed Highway 24 west of Colorado Springs twice at the end of summer. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is tackling the problem with rock mitigation operations on Ute Pass this week. The work began Monday morning. It should take two weeks. This week westbound Hwy 24... more »

• Heavy rains,flooding,mudslides in parts of Colorado

  August 20, 2010 10:03 AM

  Highway crews spent the night cleaning up after heavy rains that caused flooding and mud slides in parts of Colorado. Stacey Stegman of the Colorado Department of Transportation says crews were clearing a mud slide that occurred Thursday afternoon on Colorado 82 near Carbondale. She says two cars that... more »

• Crews contain wildfire in NW Colorado

  August 20, 2010 9:52 AM

  Crews have contained a wildfire in northwest Colorado that quickly spread to thousands of acres. The fire charred about 12 square miles after a lightning strike Wednesday 10 miles north of Maybell in Moffatt County. Crews declared the fire 100 percent contained Thursday afternoon. The U.S. Bureau of... more »

• Ships ready to leave leaky well as storm brews

  July 22, 2010 8:05 AM

  Crew members aboard dozens of ships in the Gulf of Mexico are preparing to evacuate as a tropical rainstorm brewing in the Caribbean brings the deep-sea effort to plug BP's ruptured oil well to a near standstill. Though the rough weather is hundreds of miles from the spill site... more »

• C-DOT sealing cracks on I-25 Thursday, Friday

  May 19, 2010 3:26 PM

  The good news--you won't have to worry about your car falling into one of the cracks on I-25 anymore. The bad news--cone zones. The Colorado Department of Transportation will be sealing cracks on I-25 in the Fountain area for the next two days. Crews will close one lane... more »

• Gases force crews to abandon W.Va. mine rescue

  April 8, 2010 11:26 AM

  Rescue crews who'd been hoping to find four missing miners in a West Virginia coal mine have had to turn back. Officials say they ran into an explosive mix of gases in the area they needed to search. They're holding out slim hope that four miners were able... more »

• Freight train derails, dumps coal in Houston

  November 23, 2009 2:26 PM

  A freight train carrying coal has derailed in southwest Houston. No injuries were reported. At least a dozen cars including some seen crumpled next to each other went off the tracks when the train derailed late Monday morning. A Union Pacific spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.... more »