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Updated: 2:22 PM Apr 17, 2008
Weather Helps Ft. Carson Fire
Fire officials say they are gaining the upper hand on the Ft. Carson fire.
Posted: 2:17 PM Apr 15, 2008Reporter: KKTV Email Address: News@kktv11news.com |
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Fire officials have lifted an emergency evacuation for residents on the west side of Highway 115 from Barrett Road up to Gate 5 at Fort Carson.
At noon on Wednesday, Fort Carson officials announced that 10 percent of the fire had been contained and it was burning just under 9,000 acres.
Around 3 p.m., officials announced that the threat to homes in the evacuated areas was considered minimal.
Thursday morning officials announced the Wednesday night's snowfall helped firefighters contain about 20-30 percent.
Highway 115, which was closed for about 24 hours has been reopened.
Click here to get more information about the Fort Carson press conference
About 800 people received Reverse 911 calls Tuesday night and officials say about 60-70 percent of those called did evacuate.
Evacuation centers were set up at Fort Carson and Pikes Peak Community College.
For more information residents are asked to call 211 from land lines and 955-0742 from cell phones.
Click here to read the full article from our on-scene reporter, Dave Nancarrow
Fort Carson was not conducting controlled burns. The cause of the fire, which started Monday, is unknown.
Sheriff Terry Maketa is calling this the largest wildfire ever in El Paso County.
To read Senator Ken Salazar’s message to victims of the Colorado wildfires, Click Here
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Just because we got 6 inches of snow doesn't really mean anything. With the wind speeds that we had it dried the snow out. So it really didn't have much moisture. Did you see how quickly it melted? It was dry.
Hey Anonymous, try using your real name, or are you afraid? Thanks for the kind words.
Jack, since you think you know everything about how to put a fire out, maybe next the the FD should call you and let you put it out quick and fast. I guess they really didn't need all those firefighters on the ground since you know how to take care of things like this. Get a life go back to working in Burger King and let the real firefighters do their job. To the firefighters, GReaT JOB in keeping everyone safe. Do not let one person like Jack get to you. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
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