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• Springs Utilities investigating carbon monoxide leak Play Video

  October 8, 2012 12:40 AM

  A man in his 50's is dead after a suspected carbon monoxide leak at the Vista Peak Apartments near the intersection of Academy Blvd. and Galley Rd. in Colorado Springs. Firefighters broke down the door to the unit where the man was found unconscious, but did not reach him... more »

• Skyway Elementary evacuated

  February 13, 2012 1:59 PM

  Skyway Elementary in Colorado Springs has been evacuated as a precaution because of a natural gas leak near the school. Parents say they were notified through RSS feed, email and text alert. "They do a great job. I'm never really worried about him." Phyllis Caunt said as she... more »

• Fire crews working to secure natural gas leak

  November 23, 2011 5:41 PM

  Crews from the Colorado Springs Fire Department are on scene of a 2 inch gas line break in the area of Rangewood and Dublin Blvd on the northeast part of the city. Colorado Springs Utilities have also been dispatched to the scene. No evacuation order has been given at this... more »

• Colorado Springs Fire Dept Closes Vincent at Dublin Blvd.

  July 21, 2011 3:02 PM

  The Colorado Springs Fire Department is closing Vincent at Dublin Blvd due to a large gas line that was hit and broken in a construction area. Colorado Springs Utilities has a crew responding and Colorado Springs Police are setting up road blocks for public safety at the scene. The... more »

• Pakistan denies that army major was arrested

  June 15, 2011 1:39 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Pakistani army is denying that one of its majors was arrested for feeding information to the CIA ahead of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The New York Times first reported the arrest of five Pakistani informants yesterday. It said they included an... more »

• All evacuees allowed to go home in Monument

  April 21, 2011 12:49 AM

  All of the evacuees from a chemical leak in Monument have been allowed to return home. The evacuation order was lifted for the last 12 homes as of 10:00 p.m. People in 243 other homes were allowed to return earlier in the evening. The evacuations were ordered early Wednesday... more »

• 12 Homes still under evacuation

  April 20, 2011 10:55 PM

  There are 12 homes still under evacuation in Monument due to the earlier chemical leak. 10 of the homes are on Park Trail Drive. One is on Shoshone Valley Rd. and another on Elk Valley Rd. These homes are all closest to the railroad tracks. News First 5... more »

• D-38 Schools in session tomorrow

  April 20, 2011 6:53 PM

  The hazardous materials clean-up is on track right now in Monument so school leaders in District 38 say schools will be in session tomorrow. If that changes we'll update you here and on News First 5. more »

• BNSF: Emptying the tanker car could take 10 hours

  April 20, 2011 12:24 PM

  The BNSF Railroad reports the train with the tanker problem was stopped, heading north to Denver when a southbound train crew noticed fumes coming from a tanker car. That happened around 1 a.m. The first crew confirmed the leak and then started hazardous materials procedures. Under federal rules they... more »

• Berm set up to catch fuel

  March 31, 2011 1:57 PM

  A berm has now been set up near a tanker truck that is leaking fuel in Park County. The tanker truck is now reported to be carrying around 7,000 gallons of fuel. This happened a couple of miles from the town of Jefferson on County Road 77. There... more »

• Hazmat crews respond to leaking fuel in Park County

  March 31, 2011 1:13 PM

  Hazardous materials crews have been called to Park County where a tanker truck is leaking fuel. The initial report says about 6,000 gallons of fuel is leaking into a water way a couple of miles from Highway 285 on Park County Road 77. This is near the town... more »

• Possible nuclear breach may endanger more people in Japan

  March 25, 2011 2:30 PM

  TOKYO (AP) - Japan's government is advising people within 20 miles of a damaged nuclear plant to stay indoors. But a spokesman adds that since supplies aren't being delivered to the area quickly enough, those people may just want to leave and go to places with better facilities. The... more »

• Crime scene photo leaked by prison staff member

  February 16, 2011 12:21 AM

  On Saturday evening just before midnight, chaos broke out at the Sterling Correctional Facility. Inmate Cleveland Flood was assaulted by at least one other inmate. "He subsequently died and our staff found him," explains Katherine Sanguinetti, spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Corrections. Since then a graphic photo from... more »

• No danger from gas leak in Fountain

  January 14, 2011 2:39 PM

  The Fountain Fire Department and Black Hills Energy are on scene at a gas leak on Link Road, near the intersection of Link and Circle C Roads in Fountain. There is no danger to residents in the area. Link Road will be closed between Eremel Road and Lazy W... more »

• Natural gas leak in Fountain

  January 14, 2011 2:02 PM

  Firefighters are on the scene of a gas line leak in Fountain. A natural gas line was cut this morning at Link Road and Circle C Road. The gas line is four inches in diameter. Link Road is closed from Lazy W Road to Ermel Road. more »

• Water tank fails southwest of Pueblo

  August 6, 2010 7:09 PM

  The liner in a large water tank southwest of Pueblo apparently failed Thursday afternoon, causing the release of about three million gallons of water. The tank is owned and operated by the Pueblo Board of Water Works. There are two tanks just southwest of the city, south of Highway... more »

• BP to begin forcing cement down well

  August 5, 2010 8:20 AM

  BP officials say they plan to begin forcing cement down the blown-out Gulf oil well today. The announcement came last night shortly after their plan was approved by the federal official in charge of the oil spill. The company plans to shove cement down from pipes attached to ships... more »

• Spill could be contained soon?

  July 9, 2010 6:45 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It could be a different situation at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico a few days from now. Crews will be replacing a leaky containment cap on the blown-out well, and a ship that is supposed to collect oil from a different part of the... more »

• Skimmers called back to shore in rough seas

  June 29, 2010 1:26 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP and the Coast Guard are sending oil-scooping skimming ships in the Gulf of Mexico back to shore because nasty weather is churning up rough seas and powerful winds. U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Dave French said Tuesday that all efforts had been halted for now... more »

• Fishing waters reopened in Gulf

  June 23, 2010 6:02 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More than 8,000 square miles of closed fishing waters have been reopened in the Gulf of Mexico because no oil has been observed there. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday said the most significant opening is an area south of Mississippi, which was... more »

• Leaking shells sealed at Chemical Depot

  June 14, 2010 7:00 PM

  Army officials say they have resealed three shells that were leaking mustard agent vapor at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Depot spokesman Chuck Sprague says the leaks were very small and that none of the vapor got out of the bunker where the shells are stored. He says no one... more »

• President Obama defends oil well handling

  June 8, 2010 12:51 PM

  President Barack Obama is taking issue with those who say he hasn't been involved enough with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In an interview recorded yesterday for NBC's "Today" show, Obama says he has understood "from Day 1" that "it was going to be a major... more »

• Computer models: Oil could end up on East Coast

  June 3, 2010 6:10 PM

  Computer models show oil leaking from a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico could wind up on the East Coast and even get carried on currents across the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe. The National Center for Atmospheric Research models showed Thursday that oil could enter the Gulf's loop... more »

• BP pipe cut successful, cap comes next

  June 3, 2010 11:25 AM

  Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says BP has successfully sliced off a pipe in an effort to contain the Gulf oil, but the cut is irregular and placing a cap over the spill will be more challenging. Allen said Thursday that the cap was over the gusher and expected... more »

• Stuck saw freed from leaking pipe

  June 2, 2010 6:50 PM

  BP has freed a diamond-tipped saw that had become stuck underwater in the latest attempt to contain the Gulf oil spill, and the company is still working on a way to slice through the pipe. BP PLC spokesman Mark Proegler said Wednesday afternoon that the company is working out... more »

• Oil approaches Florida coast

  June 1, 2010 7:33 PM

  An oil sheen has been confirmed about nine miles off the Florida coast, and officials are saying it could hit the white sands of Pensacola Beach as soon as tomorrow. Escambia County officials have started putting out boom and making other plans for the arrival of the oil. Crude... more »

• Pueblo City offices move to temporary quarters

  June 1, 2010 4:36 PM

  Three Pueblo City Departments are moving out of City Hall due to flooding that recently happened. The Civil Service, Human Resources and the Sales Tax Offices have moved to 301 W. B Street. The city anticipates a major remodeling of City Hall, but until them these offices will be... more »

• Salazar says federal government is engaged in gulf clean-up

  May 24, 2010 1:25 PM

  U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says federal officials are working to hold BP PLC responsible for cleaning up the growing Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Napolitano said Monday that she's heartsick about damage to Grand Isle, south of New Orleans, where thick oil has been washing up. She... more »

• BP focuses on tube to stem Gulf oil gusher

  May 13, 2010 3:55 PM

  BP officials trying to contain a gushing Gulf oil leak will first try sucking oil away from the well with a tube that will be inserted into the jagged pipe leaking on the seafloor. Company spokesman Bill Salvin said Thursday BP hopes to start moving the 6-inch tube into... more »

• BP tries another containment box to stop oil leak

  May 11, 2010 4:48 PM

  A BP spokesman says a second, smaller oil containment box known as a "top hat" is being brought to the site of a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. Spokesman Bill Salvin tells The Associated Press the box will be lowered to the seafloor, away from the plume, on... more »

• Icy crystals foil attempt to cap oil leak

  May 9, 2010 10:13 AM

  A novel but risky attempt to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday after ice crystals encased it, an ominous development as thick blobs of tar began washing up on Alabama's white sand beaches. ... more »

• Gulf leak may be 5 times bigger than first believed

  April 29, 2010 8:14 AM

  The Coast Guard says five times more oil a day than previously believed is spewing into the Gulf from the blown-out well 5,000 feet down. The Coast Guard says it's a new leak. The company trying to contain the spill disputes the figures. Rear Adm. Mary Landry says... more »

• Oil oozes toward Gulf Coast

  April 26, 2010 2:14 PM

  Oil from a sunken drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico is oozing slowly toward the coast, endangering sensitive marshes and beaches from Louisiana east to Florida. The areas are home to dolphins, sea birds, prime fishing grounds and tourist playlands. They could be fouled later this week if... more »

• Car hits gas meter in Palmer Lake

  March 15, 2010 11:31 AM

  A car knocked over a gas meter in Palmer Lake around 6:30 Monday morning, triggering a tense hour for area residents. A vehicle apparently slid on ice and hit the natural gas meter, causing a leak at Glen and Hillside. The meter spewed natural gas for about an hour... more »

• Odd smell forces Pueblo evacuations

  February 5, 2010 4:45 PM

  The Pueblo Senior Resource Development Agency was evacuated briefly Friday afternoon when people inside began smelling something they thought was a natural gas leak. But the smell was apparently being pulled in from outside by heating equipment. Fire Department crews as well as workers from Xcel Energy tried to... more »

• Collision causes crude oil spill in Texas port

  January 24, 2010 12:02 PM

  As much as 450,000 gallons of crude oil may have spilled in a southeast Texas port when two vessels collided Saturday morning, but it's unclear whether that much actually leaked from the damaged tank, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. No one was injured in the collision, but the... more »

• HIghway 50 reopens

  December 31, 2009 4:46 PM

  A possible Hazmat situation in eastern Pueblo County is over. State Patrol says they found no Hazardous materials at the scene at Highway 50 near Boone. The road was closed in both directions for three hours No one has been injured. more »