Wildfires

Douglas County lifts fire restrictions after recent rainfall
Updated 2 days ago
Douglas County and the Town of Castle Rock lifted fire restrictions Tuesday following recent rainfall across the area, officials announced. “While we have seen an...

Tapped: As fire risk climbs, Colorado faces threat to drinking water
Updated 2 weeks ago
Specialists surveying Colorado’s forests know this year will be challenging. Snow melted too quickly, strong winds dried out the trees, and the early signs of...

What does Colorado's first statewide wildfire building code mean for homeowners?
Updated 4 weeks ago
Starting this year, Colorado is the first Western state after California with a statewide, mandatory building code for structures in the wildland-urban interface, where communities...

State touts enhanced firefighting assets as drought drives higher fire danger
Updated 1 month ago
State officials warned Thursday of elevated wildfire risk this summer, particularly in June and July across the Front Range and western Colorado, as severe drought...
New U.S. Wildland Fire Service key federal partner in Colorado wildfire response
Updated 1 month ago
Denver public safety power shut-offs 'a last resort,' Xcel says
Updated 1 month ago
Evacuations ordered for wildfire on western edge of Fort Collins
Updated 1 month ago
4,200-acre fire prompts evacuation order near Hanover
Updated 1 month ago
Xcel Energy power shutoffs to occur Wednesday in western Colorado, San Luis Valley
Updated 2 months ago
Schwachheim fire containment decreases to 50% as charred area increases
Updated 2 months ago
Polis pushes back after Trump administration again denies federal disaster aid
Updated 2 months ago
Evacuation orders lifted for Boulder, Larimer County fires
Updated 2 months ago
DougCo offering homeowners $25,000 fire mitigation grants
Updated 2 months ago

Xcel says $1.85B plan aims to make Public Safety Power Shutoffs rarer
Updated 2 months ago
Deliberately shutting off power to residents and businesses is a last-resort tool, according to the chief of Colorado's largest utility company. The tool — called...

A perfect storm: Pine beetles thriving following warm, dry winter in Colorado
Updated 2 months ago
The warmest winter in Colorado history could lead to record-breaking proliferation of a tiny insect, about the size of a grain of rice, that has...

Power grid shutdowns in Colorado bring protection — and problems
Updated 2 months ago
A downed power line in Sunshine Canyon in the mountains west of Boulder in December posed an electrocution risk to firefighters and bystanders after Xcel...

Aurora wildland fire contained at Buckley Space Force Base
Updated 2 months ago
A wildland fire burned Sunday morning on the southwest end of Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, authorities said. The fire no longer posed a...
Jeffco adopts updates to wildfire resiliency code
Updated 2 months ago
Denver area smoke blowing in from Nebraska fires
Updated 2 months ago
CDOT pivots from snowplowing to wildfire mitigation along highways
Updated 2 months ago
Aurora grass fire started by cooking at homeless camp, investigators say
Updated 3 months ago
Xcel Energy: Power shutoff 'likely' Saturday in Boulder, Jefferson counties
Updated 3 months ago
With high winds, fire danger in Denver, Xcel says outages possible
Updated 3 months ago

Red Flag Warning issued in Denver Tuesday due to critical wildfire risk
Updated 3 months ago
Another day of critical wildfire danger is on tap for Denver and the Front Range on Tuesday. The National Weather Service in Boulder has issued...

Fire danger risk returns this week across northeast Colorado
Updated 3 months ago
After a wave of winter snow late last week, the warm, dry and windy weather returns this week, bringing with it elevated fire danger risk,...

Colorado Attorney General, environmental groups challenge EPA rejection of state’s haze plan
Updated 3 months ago
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and several environmental organizations have filed separate petitions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, challenging the...

Denver could challenge record-high temperature on Monday
Updated 3 months ago
Near-record warmth is on tap in Denver on Monday, forecasters said. The National Weather Service in Boulder calls for a high of 72 degrees under...
Boulder wildfire sparks near Chautauqua Park, evacuations ordered
Updated 3 months ago
Denver's February likely third warmest in 70 years, experts say
Updated 3 months ago
Douglas County wildfire controlled, fourth in Denver area this week
Updated 3 months ago
Red Flag Warning issued in Denver due to extreme wildfire risk Friday
Updated 3 months ago
Operator of auto shop burned in smoky Thornton fire sets up fundraiser
Updated 3 months ago
Wildfire sparks in Golden Gate Canyon as dry conditions continue
Updated 3 months ago
Denver weather: Sunny skies, warm temperatures on Thursday
Updated 3 months ago
Fire in Thornton throws smoke over Denver area, closes I-25
Updated 3 months ago
Red Flag Warning issued for Denver, I-25 corridor, plains on Wednesday
Updated 3 months ago
Grass wildfire in Douglas County reaches 500 acres, 100% contained
Updated 3 months ago


































