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Tempers Flare Over Use of Private Firefighters
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(Oct. 3) -- The flames are gone from the most destructive fire in Colorado's history, but the debate is still heated. At issue are private firefighters who enter restricted areas with their own firefighting equipment to help protect the homes of insurance policyholders. More than 1,000 firefighters and 100 engines responded to the Fourmile Canyon fire in September in the foothills west of Boulder. Among them were 13 firefighters with five fully equipped engines who were contracted by Chubb Insurance Co., and four firefighters with two trucks sent by insurer Chartis Inc. "If there is cause ...
Colorado's Fourmile Canyon Fire: When Community -- and Twitter -- Matter
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyBOULDER, Colo. -- This week, my community is experiencing the worst fire in the state's history. So far, almost 140 homes and other buildings have been destroyed; many families -- including those of several firefighters -- have lost everything. About 3,000 people are staying with friends and family or at hotels as 6,150 acres in the scenic but rugged mountains burn. Fortunately, there are no injuries or deaths thus far, though four people are missing. Since the first smell of smoke and a glance at the strange amber-colored sunlight at around 11 a.m. Monday, following the fire has consumed ...
Colorado Blaze: Evacuation Orders to Be Lifted for Some
By not in system - AOL NewsBOULDER, Colo. (Sept. 9) -- As thousands of people waited to learn if their homes survived a raging Colorado wildfire, Dan Hackett hiked a second time behind roadblocks to make sure his house near boulder was still standing. Hackett, who lives in the mountain community of Gold Hill, said he watched his neighbor's home burn. "The house 200 feet from my house is gone," Hackett said Wednesday, who found his home still OK following a two-mile hike. Other people were expected to get a chance to check their property Thursday when evacuation orders were set to be lifted in four neighborhoods in ...
4 Reported Missing in Colorado Wildfire
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 8) -- Four people are unaccounted for in the area where the Fourmile Canyon wildfire has been burning northwest of Boulder, Colo., since Monday, police said today. The Boulder County Sheriff's Office said it had received 20 missing persons reports and had located 16 of the missing, according to ABC7 - Denver. The remaining four missing people might not have evacuated, Sheriff's Cmdr. Rich Brough said. The fire has spread across 6,168 acres and has destroyed at least 135 homes, forcing some 3,500 people to evacuate. None of the fire has been contained. Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter ...
NASA Captures Satellite Image of Colorado Wildfire From Space [PHOTO]
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 7) -- NASA's AQUA satellite captured an image of the Fourmile Canyon wildfire northwest of Boulder, Colo., at 3:54 p.m. EDT Monday. The fire, which began Monday, has spread across 3,500 acres, forcing 3,000 people to evacuate and destroying dozens of homes. The U.S. Agriculture Department counts 14 other major wildfires that are ongoing in the U.S. right now. ...
Colorado Wildfire Destroys Dozens of Homes
By not in system - AOL NewsDENVER (Sept. 7) -- A wind-whipped wildfire sent flames roaring through a rugged canyon in the Colorado foothills, forcing hundreds of people to flee and destroying dozens of homes - some that belonged to the firefighters themselves, authorities said early Tuesday. Firefighters were waiting until sunrise to count the exact number of houses that have burned, said Brett Haberstick of the Sunshine Fire Protection District. The blaze broke out Monday morning in Four Mile Canyon northwest of Boulder and rapidly spread across 5 1/2 square miles or 3,500 acres. Erratic 45-mph gusts sometimes ...
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