The only Department of Defense wildfire fighting team is being deployed to aid in the battle against wildfires ravaging Colorado. The hot shot crew from Vandenberg Air Force Base is expected to be on the lines of the Waldo Canyon Fire near the Air Force Academy. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com and check out the amazing slideshow of the fire approaching the academy.
With wildfires raging across much of the Colorado high country, nearly half of all available resources in the nation have been deployed to our state. Today the City of Thornton said it would be lending a hand in the battle against these deadly and damaging fires.
The Thornton Fire Department will be joining the multijurisdictional effort and deploying a crew and fire engine to assist with the Flagstaff Fire burning west of Boulder. The blaze started late Tuesday afternoon and forced the evacuation of more than two dozen homes.
While the fire is not the largest or most critical one in the state, by Thornton sending a crew it helps to free up other resources to battle other blazes like the Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs.
ThorntonWeather.com offers our support for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to protect us and others across the state. We pray for your safety and success as we deal with this horrible summer of fire.
Update, 2:15pm, from the City of Thornton: “Fire fighters from the Thornton Fire Department mobilized to assist with the Flagstaff Fire in Boulder on June 26. A “Strike Team” from Thornton went to Boulder to provide assistance with structure protection. The Thornton Fire Department remains on standby to assist with any structure protection requested by agencies fighting the fires in Colorado.”
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Just days into summer Colorado was already experiencing a devastating season of wildfires. On Tuesday the fires became an inferno forcing more than 30,000 residents across the state to evacuate ahead of the flames. Get the latest on the Waldo Canyon Fire, Flagstaff Fire and more on Examiner.com
Colorado’s deadly and destructive wildfire season continues with as many as a dozen blazes burning in recent days. Smoke from the fires has blanketed parts of the state in recent weeks and new NASA satellite imagery shows the smoke plumes from some of the blazes. Read the rest of this story and view the images on Examiner.com.
Colorado’s deadly and dangerous fire season continues to worsen as a new fire burning west of Colorado Springs rages out of control. The Waldo Canyon Fire has grown to more than 2,000 acres in less than 24 hours and forced the evacuation of the entire town of Manitou Springs.
