Good evening. While they blew up suddenly and out of nowhere, they were not unexpected. Southern california has been under a red flag warning, meaning hot and dry and windy and favorable wildfire conditions. And tonight theyre in the middle of an allout fight there. The picture from space shows the smoke plume where the winds blow to the west, down the dry hill sides, away from the land, out over the water. 3700 homes are under evacuation warnings, and over 1700 acres have burned, including several homes. A several hundred firefighters are on the job tonight. It is where we begin tonight, nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in glendora, california, where three arrests have been made in connection with this fire. Miguel, good evening. Reporter brian, good good evening. Police say they took three men into custody after they started an illegal campfire. Five people have been injured, at least five homes have been destroyed. You may be able to see the smoke behind me. Thats because this blaze is only
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A worker at the Cliff House tries to help a man move his van out of the flash-flood zone in Manitou Springs in September 2013.
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Tonight
Rain or snow showers this evening will give way to clearing overnight. Low 29F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 40%. Updated: March 26, 2021 @ 12:38 pm
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A worker at the Cliff House tries to help a man move his van out of the flash-flood zone in Manitou Springs in September 2013.
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Andrew Dunlap and his father, Dave Dunlap, in truck, watch from Black Forest Road as the fire burns behind their house in June 2013.
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El Paso County’s two biggest hazards are floods and wildfires, according to a new countywide disaster plan approved Tuesday.
The risk for both flooding and wildfires ranked “high” in the nearly 550-page Pikes Peak Regional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, compiled over the last year by emergency managers with the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management and approved unanimously by El Paso County commissioners.
The plan updates and consolidates the 2015 El Paso County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan and the 2016 City of Colorado Springs Hazard Mitigation Plan to include El Paso County, Colorado Springs, Calhan, Fountain, Green Mountain Falls, Manitou Springs, Monument, Palmer Lake and Ramah.