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The Denver Post
| 1 year ago
Font Resize At least five wildfires were reported Friday afternoon following another hot, windy day in Colorado. One of the fires was in Jefferson County, along the South Platte River north of Deckers. The blaze, near the Platte River Campground on...
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The Gazette
| 1 year ago
Crews vigorously attacked a wildfires that erupted Friday around the state as high winds threatened to spread them quickly. Most of the fires were contained by nightfall, although crews were on the scenes overnight to ensure nothing reignited. A 100-...
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The Denver Post
| 1 year ago
Font Resize Firefighters rushed to a wildfire in Jeffferson County this afternoon along the Platter River north of Deckers. The fire was reported about 1 p.m. the 6800 block of Colorado 67, said Mark Techmeyer, a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office...
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The Denver Post
| 1 year ago
Authorities say problems with an emergency notification system that may have led to a woman's death during the Lower North Fork Fire have been resolved. If an emergency evacuation ordered was needed today, everyone who should get a call would get...
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The Denver Post
| 1 year ago
Font Resize The addresses of one in six homes in Jefferson and Broomfield counties are entered inconsistently in databases used to warn people when there is an emergency, officials say. That means as many as 100,000 homeowners may not receive...
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The Age
| 1 year ago
Story continues below FirstCall provides automated phone warning systems to up to 200 cities, counties and states across the country. A review by the county and FirstCall also found up to 100,000 records containing errors, leaving county officials to...
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The Denver Post
| 1 year ago
Jefferson County officials say residents with an address listed as Morrison including a woman who died in the fire did not initially receive notifications of Lower North Fork Fire. The problem has since been fixed for subsequent emergency...
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The Denver Post
| 1 year ago
Font Resize Spring winds will blow across Colorado today, with the potential to whip up wildfires, authorities warned Wednesday. Northwestern Colorado will be under a critical "red flag" fire-danger warning from noon until 8 p.m. today, with low...
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The Denver Post
| 1 year ago
The first call about a wildfire that would kill three people came at 12:43 p.m., more than four hours before evacuation orders were given to residents, officials now acknowledge. Ann Appel and Sam Lucas, who were killed in the blaze along with Lucas'...
