Wildfire

Military helicopters dispatched to fight a wildfire near Colorado Springs have now been sent back home.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire has forced the evacuation of more than 900 prisoners at a state prison southwest of Colorado Springs.

Department of Corrections spokeswoman Adrienne Jacobson said Wednesday the prisoners from the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility were taken to other prisons around the Front Range overnight

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Only one of seven large air tanker planes that were contracted last month by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires is doing so now that fire season has heated up.

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LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Populated areas about 50 miles north of downtown Los Angeles remain in danger from a 35-square-mile wildfire that keeps growing. More than 2,800 people and 700 homes are under evacuation orders that are expected to last until late today or tomorrow. Officials say t

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A DC-10 jet aircraft configured to fight wildfires will base its operations at Casper/Natrona County International Airport.

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With the onset of another snow storm in the state, it was signs of spring that put a stop to a prescribed burn that was only partially completed on the Sierra Madre range this week.

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Campfires are again allowed on some BLM lands.

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Natrona County Emergency Management is setting up dumpsters to help property owners that suffered losses in the Sheep Herder Hill Fire on Casper Mountain. Dumpsters have been set up for debris from homes and cab

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PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters are making progress against a 400-acre wildfire threating 13 homes in western Wyoming.

The  Chall Creek Fire was 20 percent contained Wednesday. It ignited Sunday 30 miles west of Pinedale and has prompted some evacuation orders

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