Three structures have been lost in the Simms Fire burning 15 miles southwest of Montrose, the U.S. Forest Service said in a Friday evening update.
The fire is 373 acres and 90% contained as of 10 p.m. Sunday. It was first reported at 4:25 p.m Thursday, and its cause is under investigation.
Most evacuation orders have been lifted, except for those in the Wildcat Canyon Drainage area.
According to the Forest Service, the Simms Fire traveled into a previous Bureau of Land Management prescribed fire treatment, which helped slow down the fire and reduce its intensity. Friday's weather, which included snow, also helped firefighters.
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Police and fire crews are responding to a single-engine plane crash in Broomfield.
Broomfield Police tweeted out that a single-engine plane crashed in the Anthem Ranch neighborhood near Lowell Boulevard and Las Brisas Drive. North Metro Fire is on scene.
North Metro Fire has confirmed there were no survivors of the crash and two people were killed. No bystanders were injured and no homes were damaged.
The intersection of Las Brias Drive and Anthem Ranch will be closed for several hours due to the investigation. Officers are asking everyone to avoid the area.
The National Transportation Safety Board is headed to the scene to investigate the crash.
The Anthem Ranch neighborhood resides just south of the Erie Municipal Airport.
Nearly two weeks ago, police responded to another plane crash in Jefferson County that killed one.
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VIDEO: Friday, a KRDO crew was part of a private tour of the worst area damaged by the 2018 Spring Creek Fire in La Veta Pass.
That 108,000-acre fire burned thousands of trees, destroyed 141 homes and led to an aftermath of flooding and erosion in western Huerfano and eastern Costilla counties.
Highway 160 through the pass was closed for several weeks during the fire.
KRDO surveyed the burn scar in Forbes Park, a community managed by a landowners association since 1977 that is south of Highway 160 between La Veta and Fort Garland.
The community covers over 13,000 acres and has more than 3,300 lots; most of the homes destroyed by the fire were located there.
One of the victims was Cody Siebert, who is part of the Spanish Peaks Alliance for Wildfire Protection that organized the tour involving around two dozen people from the area.
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According to an update on Sunday from the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office, the lines of the Plumtaw Fire – burning just a few miles north of Pagosa Springs – have continued to hold.
The fire sparked last week, prompting evacuations.
Crews also announced they’d gained 33% containment on the fire, which is burning 721 acres (a lower acreage than in previous reports thanks to more accurate mapping, per ACSO).
Current priorities include:
– To utilize risk management to reduce risks to the public and to firefighters.
– To protect the Lost Valley of the San Juans subdivision and critical infrastructure, including the Fourmile Creek watershed, water intake, private lands, and additional infrastructure.
Firefighters are still very active in the area, working to prevent the fire from spreading and mopping up hot spots as they go.
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