Thats near rampart reservoir. There are evacuations due to a Massive Wildfire in southern colorado called the junkins fire. Already more than 13,000 acres have burned there. Hundreds of homes are threatened. Its burning near west cliff, southwest of pueblo. That shows you right there, we have Team Coverage at 5 00. Meteorologist Lauren Whitney tracking the dangerous fire conditions. Want to start though with matt. Those flames really t this morning. In a matter of 12 hours we went from a grass fire about an acre to 13,300 acres. It exploded here behind me outside of the town of west cliff. Evacuations in place. And more people are getting ready to evacuate. Reporter evacuees grabbing what they can a getting out. Beyond scary. I keep praying the wind will die down. They said it was a small grass by the time they called 911, they were already being told to get out fast. We got out just in time. We could see the glow and the fire coming over the hill. So grabbed what we could, put it in t
The southern part of the state for the junk and fire is burning is very very dry. The fire fires burning writing here following the coming up and over and out and over in london toward west withington and rolling over the mountains you can see pueblo and u. S. P. Q. Toward the us 50 toward the canyon city area. 13,300 acres and growing. Its not heavy populated but there are a lot of homes and in that area. Ms. Denver. The wind dont really let up until about 11 p. M. And while the winds will be relaxed tomorrow morning but over the mountains the wind will start to roar so there is less window in the wind on the way. We will talk about when you will see more rain showers. Boy do we need rain . Temperatures are coolingoff. These are photos from the the junkins fire now 13,000 acres. 129 homes threatened. You can feel the smoke and flames there. Another fire struck very close to homes and schools and parker today. This brush fire was caused by landscaping crews this morning. Gusty wind cre
The southern part of the state for the junk and fire is burning is very very dry. The fire fires burning writing here following the coming up and over and out and over in london toward west withington and rolling over the mountains you can see pueblo and u. S. P. Q. Toward the us 50 toward the canyon city area. 13,300 acres and growing. Its not heavy populated but there are a lot of homes and in that area. Ms. Denver. The wind dont really let up until about 11 p. M. And while the winds will be relaxed tomorrow morning but over the mountains the wind will start to roar so there is less window in the wind on the way. We will talk about when you will see more rain showers. Boy do we need rain . Temperatures are coolingoff. These are photos from the the junkins fire now 13,000 acres. 129 homes threatened. You can feel the smoke and flames there. Another fire struck very close to homes and schools and parker today. This brush fire was caused by landscaping crews this morning. Gusty wind cre
As several wildfires burn across colorado from pueblo to bright outside the metro area. Youre looking at video from southern Colorado Work firefighters are working around the clock to contain the duncans fire that is burned more than 11,000 acres and destroyed for structures. This is just west of pueblo 130 homes evacuated there. You see on the map the 550 fire burning in the Pike National forest. Thirtyseven homes evacuated i 25 acres have burned. We have Team Coverage tonight from here in the metro get down in pueblo county. Dave fraser monitoring the latest wind conditions. First we get at the greg nieto live with the latest information. Greg . He gave the sign behind this really says it all, fire danger in stream. Once again today word that folks in this Community West of pueblo have seen all too often for the its been an emotional day in the wet mountain valley. It was pretty devastating, but we were pretty lucky because friends of ours down the road lost their home. More than 150
As several wildfires burn across colorado from pueblo to bright outside the metro area. Youre looking at video from southern Colorado Work firefighters are working around the clock to contain the duncans fire that is burned more than 11,000 acres and destroyed for structures. This is just west of pueblo 130 homes evacuated there. You see on the map the 550 fire burning in the Pike National forest. Thirtyseven homes evacuated i 25 acres have burned. We have Team Coverage tonight from here in the metro get down in pueblo county. Dave fraser monitoring the latest wind conditions. First we get at the greg nieto live with the latest information. Greg . He gave the sign behind this really says it all, fire danger in stream. Once again today word that folks in this Community West of pueblo have seen all too often for the its been an emotional day in the wet mountain valley. It was pretty devastating, but we were pretty lucky because friends of ours down the road lost their home. More than 150