Colorado is in store for an average to slightly below-average wildfire season this year, despite dry conditions and early outbreaks on the eastern plains, officials said Friday. “But the fires will occur,” said Michael Morgan, the director of state Division …
The Black Forest community in El Paso County has spent the past year working through the recovery process in the aftermath of Colorado’s most devastating wildfire in terms of structures lost. RMIIA has updated insurance damage estimates from the Black …
Colorado’s congressional delegation is asking the federal government to move faster to fix flood damage to prevent further destruction from wildfires. Letters have been sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service asking them to fix …
Colorado homeowners living in high-risk wildfire areas should be charged fees, and officials need to adopt statewide building requirements to address destructive fires, according to recommendations Monday from a group convened by Gov. John Hickenlooper. The recommendations seek to shift …
When summer monsoons bring thunderstorms to Southwest Colorado, lightning bolts can come fast and furious. Justin Moore, assistant manager of the Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center made the point by displaying a map showing one week of lightning strikes in …
Earlier this week, wildfires—exacerbated by unseasonably warm temperatures and windy conditions— broke out in the forested terrain of southern Colorado, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. In fact, Colorado Springs hit 98° on June 10, setting a record for …
A wildfire forced the evacuation of more than 900 prisoners at a state prison outside Colorado Springs early Wednesday, one of four blazes across the Front Range that destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to flee. Department …
Insurers estimate that recent wildfires in Colorado caused at least $449.7 million in damage. The figure released Tuesday by the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association is based on claims filed so far for houses lost at the High Park Fire …
People who fled the most destructive fire in Colorado’s history were allowed visits to the most devastated neighborhoods Sunday, and many found their homes among the nearly 350 burned to the ground. Two bodies have been found in the ruins, …